17 farmers nationwide who have signed up for a program approved late last year by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that allows the use of raptors to control pest birds that damage or forage on crops. "We never expected a whole lot of people to get them, but it did make sense to allow the use of raptors to control problem flocks of birds, agricultural pests," said George Allen, FWS branch chief of permits and regulations. Via AP.
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August 11, 2008
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