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| Sad - 7,500 songbirds killed at Canaport gas plant in Saint John | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 19 2013, 02:04 PM (180 Views) | |
| Dana | Sep 19 2013, 02:04 PM Post #1 |
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That's a lot at one fell swoop. People were not happy when they stepped outside the building. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/7-500-songbirds-killed-at-canaport-gas-plant-in-saint-john-1.1857615 About 7,500 songbirds, possibly including some endangered species, were killed while flying over a gas plant in Saint John late last week, officials have confirmed. It appears the migrating birds flew into the gas flare at Canaport LNG between Friday night and Saturday morning, said Fraser Forsythe, the company's health, safety, security and environmental manager. The birds were drawn to the flame like moths, an extremely unusual event, according to Don McAlpine, the head of zoology at the New Brunswick Museum. "They would circle in around that and of course with a large flame like that and high temperatures, they wouldn't need to get terribly close to become singed or burned." The weather conditions were foggy and overcast at the time, which may have contributed to the incident, said McAlpine. Not much is known about how such birds navigate at night, but officials believe they are attracted to light, particularly red or flashing lights, he said." |
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| FuzzyO | Sep 19 2013, 03:15 PM Post #2 |
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That's dreadful, and sad. |
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| angora | Sep 20 2013, 05:12 AM Post #3 |
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I suppose their deaths will soon be attributed to cats, as usual. signed, Turkish angora, the cat lady. |
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| Dana | Sep 20 2013, 06:57 AM Post #4 |
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Yes, especially as the birds seem completely untouched, just the way domestic cats leave them when done toying with them. |
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| angora | Sep 20 2013, 12:54 PM Post #5 |
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Does it matter, the birds are dead, and the way they died is not natural. When a cat, dog, fox etc kills a bird it is nature's way, when a structure or human kills a bird it is unnatural. What we keep forgetting - willfully, I think, is that we - man - kill more birds and protected species, and, yes, cats than any natural predator. |
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