Arizona Stop Euthanizing Wild Fowl!
- by: Eleventh Hour Liberation & all concerned humans who find euthanization an immoral and reprehensible action for healthy wild waterfowl.
- recipient: Arizona Game and Fish Department & Arizona Wildlife Services
In addition to signing, please email & phone the following agency immediately & voice your dissent to the practice of euthanizing healthy resident wild waterfowl:
David Bergman, USDA -
Arizona Wildlife Services State Director
Phoenix, AZ
Phone: (602) 870-2081
Toll-Free Number 1-866-4USDAWS
1-866-487-3297
E-mail: david.l.bergman@aphis.usda.gov
AND
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Director: Larry D. Voyles 602-942-3000
The Phoenix Arizona Cities have enlisted the help from the USDA, while working with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, to capture and euthanize domestic waterfowl that do not migrate.
The problems they cite range from property damage to disease transference as reasons for such capture and killing of the fowl. While some of the concerns the cities are facing have merit, euthanizing captured wild birds is not conservation, nor is it ethical. Furthermore, we will not accept euthanization as an answer to the cities problems.
[Valid concern noted in article: Waterfowl droppings can carry diseases such as salmonella and histoplasmosis, Carrillo said. In urban lakes and ponds, the waste builds up and fuels algae bloom, which depletes oxygen in the water and kills the fish, wildlife officials said.]
Other than the temperate climate that prevent the birds from migrating, human actions are to blame. People go to the parks & lakes specifically for the purpose of feeding the birds. The cities need to enact policies to prevent folks from such human feeding of these wild animals.
We are demanding that the governing organizations find other viable alternatives to euthanization. Certainly there are organizations locally and nationally that would be willing to step-up and have round table discussions on how to quell the “problems” Phoenix Cities deem are occurring by the presence of these waterfowl.
Please read the following snippet & find the link to the full story below:
To directly manage the growing flocks, communities, groups and individuals contract with the USDA and other agencies that relocate or euthanize the waterfowl -- for a price.
The wildlife-services program of the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service charges $47 an hour to capture the birds using traps or tranquilizers. The animals are caught if they pose a threat to property, agricultural resources, human health or safety, Carrillo said.
Depending on the circumstances, capture, removal and relocation can be an option, Carrillo said. Other times, the birds are euthanized. The euthanized birds are tested for avian flu and other diseases, becoming a tool for disease surveillance, he added. We're not euthanizing the animal just to test it, Carrillo said. We're euthanizing for property damage, but we're also getting the secondary benefit of testing it for potential diseases.
Capturing the birds requires a permit because they are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, which makes it illegal to hunt, kill, sell, purchase or possess native waterfowl, Carrillo said.
Phoenix area parks, lakes damaged by increase in birds
Furthermore, we will not accept euthanization as an answer to the cities problems. Other than the temperate climate that prevents the birds from migrating, human actions are to blame in this equation. People go to the parks & lakes specifically for the purpose of feeding the birds. The cities need to enact policies to prevent folks from such human feeding of these wild animals.
We are demanding that the governing organizations find other viable alternatives to euthanization, such as relocation--not only for a few, but for all the animals they plan to remove or kill. Certainly there are organizations locally and nationally that would be willing to step-up and have round table discussions on how to quell the problems Phoenix Cities deem are occurring by the presence of said waterfowl.
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Signatures will be hand-delivered to the following governing agencies:
David Bergman, USDA -
Arizona Wildlife Services State Director
8836 North 23rd Avenue, Suite 2
Phoenix, AZ 85021
Phone: (602) 870-2081
FAX: (602) 870-2951
Toll-Free Number 1-866-4USDAWS
1-866-487-3297
E-mail: david.l.bergman@aphis.usda.gov
www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Main Office - Phoenix
Arizona Game and Fish Department
5000 W. Carefree Highway
Phoenix, AZ 85086-5000
Director: Larry D. Voyles 602-942-3000
Deputy Directors: Gary R. Hovatter & Robert D. Broscheid
Legislative Liaison: Tony Guiles
Various Arizona County Governments:
The following resource agencies will be delivered to petition targets:
Liberty Wildlife:
http://www.libertywildlife.org/about/
Wild At Heart:
http://www.wildatheartowls.org/
Tucson Wildlife Center:
http://www.tucsonwildlife.com/aboutUs.html
Wild Bird Rescue Groups:
http://wildbird.rescueshelter.com/Arizona
US Wildlife Rehabilitators A-Z
http://www.mary.cc/rehabbers1.html
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