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Sad news for insectivores

CG
Carrier Graphics
Thu, Aug 23, 2012 3:06 PM
With every action - (spraying poison to rid of one species) - their is an 

opposite reaction.
In this case - many other living organisms that are not the target species.
Plus - the residual poison in and on the intended species, can kill many of the
species that were not intended to be killed.

EX: Over the many years of helping the Bluebirds here in my area to prosper 

through placement of breeding boxes, I saw several examples where the use of
common household herbicides and insecticides eventually killed the young being
fed from the still live poisoned insects before they died. I estimated over 20
plus years, over 12 broods at 4 birds each average, died because of the use of
common accepted household poisons.

When you target a species for killing through spraying, many other species get
killed as well, plus the balance of that ecosystem will be disrupted as well -
some for many years to come...

Paul Carrier

With every action - (spraying poison to rid of one species) - their is an opposite reaction. In this case - many other living organisms that are not the target species. Plus - the residual poison in and on the intended species, can kill many of the species that were not intended to be killed. EX: Over the many years of helping the Bluebirds here in my area to prosper through placement of breeding boxes, I saw several examples where the use of common household herbicides and insecticides eventually killed the young being fed from the still live poisoned insects before they died. I estimated over 20 plus years, over 12 broods at 4 birds each average, died because of the use of common accepted household poisons. When you target a species for killing through spraying, many other species get killed as well, plus the balance of that ecosystem will be disrupted as well - some for many years to come... Paul Carrier