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Feeling Pooped by Pigeons, Cities Try Bird Birth Control

By Steve FriessJul 2nd 2010 – 9:01PM
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LAS VEGAS (July 2) -- It sounds like a plot line for the NBC sitcom "Parks & Recreation," but this is no joke: The latest approach to combating the messy scourge of urban pigeons is to con them into eating pellets laced with contraceptive. Beginning this month, three Vegas parks will set out automated feeders that promise...

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  • 11/02/11 Pigeon cull plan over hall damage Source: BBC Leeds Pigeons in West Yorkshire could be facing the death penalty under new council plans.
  • 10/10/11 › Let's talk birds and bees Source: iafrica.com Parents are mustering up the courage to talk to their kids about the birds and the bees but failing to tell them about contraception and protection.
  • 07/11/11 ‘Use contraceptives to tackle gulls' Source: The Cumberland News - Carlisle - Cumbria - UK A COUNCILLOR has called for seagulls to be fed contraceptives after a west Cumbrian community has been besieged by the birds.

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