AR-News: (China)Scare crow tactics ruffle feathers of animal lovers

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

  SHENYANG, March 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Animal rights campaigners are flocking to 
protest a government-supported move to scare off tens of thousands of crows 
from the city of Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province. 
    With the permission of the municipal government, a local feather products 
factory has made and installed 200 fake crows in trees across the city to 
scare away the real birds. 
    Growing numbers of the birds have come to nest in the city in recent 
years, drawn by the ample supplies of food and water and clouding the sky when 
flying en masse. 





full story:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-03/07/content_1349560.htm 
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