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War Zone Bombing, Avicidal Spraying, Barbed Wire, Other Bird Migration Hazards

Garuda | 01.11.2011 19:42 | Ecology | Free Spaces | World

Oil spills, water pollution, acid rain, war bombs, avicidal spraying,
electric power lines, barbed wire.. some of many dangers for migrating birds

War zone bombing, barbed wire, hunters, utility electroshocks, etc.
are some of many hazards for migrating birds

1. war zone bombs

http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/infodocs/st_environment.html
sucking jet engines

http://www.birdstrike.org/commlink/top_ten.htm
2. electroshocking utility lines

http://www.fws.gov/birds/documents/powerlines.pdf
3. acid rain from coalfired utilities

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0813_020813_acidrain.html
4. sucking jet engines

http://www.birdstrike.org/commlink/top_ten.htm
5. shotguns (senators bought by the hunter lobby who introduce bills to remove protection..)

http://www.ec.gc.ca/rcom-mbhr/default.asp?lang=en&n=13B4C8EE-1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migratory_Bird_Treaty_Act_of_1918
6. bulldozers removing their homes, drying up their marshes

http://articles.latimes.com/1992-04-21/news/mn-585_1_gnatcatcher-habitat
7. oil spills weighting down birdfeathers before their deaths

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/100810-us-oil-spill-bird-migration-vin-video/
8. barbed wire

http://www.wildlifefriendlyfencing.com/WFF/Home.html
9. traps from nonhunter birdeaters
10. USDA and EU avicidal sprays

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2011/0120/Bye-Bye-Blackbird-USDA-acknowledges-a-hand-in-one-mass-bird-death
11. water poisoned by insecticides, oil, arsenic, chromium, pcb's, pbb's ad infinitum

http://www.ehow.com/about_5317418_pollution-effects-birds.html
12. choking on plastic

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-11-03/tech/midway.atoll.albatross_1_midway-atoll-plastic-pacific-ocean?_s=PM:TECH

http://www.raisethefist.com/news.cgi?artical=wire/13_Of_Many_Hazards_For_Migrating_Birds_:_Indybay-53.article&feature=1&np=1

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