City Greases Up Eggs to Stop Goose Guano
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MONTEREY, Calif. - In an effort to eliminate bird droppings, the city is smothering goose eggs with vegetable oil. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has permitted the city to addle or oil-coat Canada goose eggs in nests for the past five years to stall bird popullation growth.
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Incensed bird lovers have intensified their protests outside a ritzy Upper East Side New York apartment building in the United States that removed the nest of famed red-tailed hawk Pale Male even as meetings were set to discuss bringing back the hawk&#39;s
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Fish and Wildlife has made a recommendation for a small bird that stirs up big controversy. A battle over the protection of the sage grouse rages on between the nationâs energy industry and conservationists.
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Buenos Aires - Environmental activists called attention on Monday to the perils of global warming, erecting an enormous &quot;Noah&#39;s Ark&quot; in downtown Buenos Aires, in a protest action providing &quot;shelter&quot; to dozens of &quot;environmental refugees.
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By Guan Xiaofeng  Experts have warned of environmental pollution from increased animal husbandry, as the country became the world's top meat and egg producer last year.
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The survival of some bird species in Iowa is threatened, and urban sprawl is part of the problem. That&#39;s according to a state group that keep tabs on the conversation of wild birds.
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A gaggle of geese runs riot in the Hof van Delft Park. They honk, they hiss, they harass and &#151; it's hard not to notice &#151; they scatter droppings everywhere. Soon, a lanky young man comes to impose order on the chaos.
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EGG HARBOR, Wis.  - Plans to re-enact the egg battle that led to the naming of this town in 1825 were simply too true to be good, state officials have decided...
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By Jeff Wilkinson, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Sep. 17--Volunteers hope creating city park will end need for annual cleanup   Volunteers plucked more than 2,000 cans and bottles from a 200-yard stretch of the Saluda River around Riverbanks Zoo on Saturday -- mostly beer containers.
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About 1,500 dead birds that have washed up on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake may have been killed by avian cholera, an expert said. Dead grebes, ducks and gulls were being sent to the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., for examination.
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By Dean Baker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep.
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TORONTO Dan Frankian peered over a city fence and saw his target. There, plump and oblivious, were the intruders. The freeloaders had simply moved in from the country, gorged themselves on the abundance of the city and left a nasty trail wherever they went. They were Canada geese.
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The city's waterfront is getting cleaner, and bothersome river critters not seen in hundreds of years are once again attacking wooden ships and piers.
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By Jim Kershner, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun.
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NEW YORK - A hawk down in midtown Manhattan? Another bird of prey grounded across town? A sheep loose in the Bronx? It wasn't shear fantasy. The odd series of animal adventures began 10 a.m.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. - A family can allow their chickens to roam their backyard, despite complaints from a neighbor, because a new city ordinance is unclear, a city board ruled.
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Vietnam's biggest city, home to 10  million people, began slaughtering its ducks on Wednesday in an  increasingly desperate fight to halt the spread of the deadly  bird flu virus that has killed 13 people in the last month.