gen1dustin
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I read that on MSN yesterday. People need to get a grip. Whether it was a freak accident or what, it don't matter because he knew what he was putting himself into. This is definately something Steve would not want to be happening.
You won't believe this but...
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puff_puff_
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oh ya this was about the sting rays wasnt it?
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jdragunas
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oh, that's right... it's a cryin shame too.. like i said, people are idiots!!!
phixer
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Originally Posted by soto
my buddy's pit bull caught a pigeon midair about 8 years ago. seeing that was one of the greatest moments of my life.
Yeah that's pretty cool, I can relate. My folks brought back a weiner dog (long haired Dachsund) from Germany when I was a kid. He was faking a nap beneath a bird bath in the back yard. All of a sudden a Dove flew by and that weiner dog exploded into the air. He must have jumped 4 feet to snag that dove out of mid air.
my buddy's pit bull caught a pigeon midair about 8 years ago. seeing that was one of the greatest moments of my life.
Yeah that's pretty cool, I can relate. My folks brought back a weiner dog (long haired Dachsund) from Germany when I was a kid. He was faking a nap beneath a bird bath in the back yard. All of a sudden a Dove flew by and that weiner dog exploded into the air. He must have jumped 4 feet to snag that dove out of mid air.
soto
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HAHA!!! oh check this article out! couldn't have been better timing. and, of course, you can't have an article about dead birds without having a whiney hippy crying over animal rights and influence to children.
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) -- Poisoned pigeons began nose-diving into pavement and dying on downtown sidewalks, marring the city's annual festival.
Authorities cleaned up more than 25 sick or dead birds that apparently had eaten poisoned corn from the roof of a nearby bank branch.
"The death of these pigeons was more than an unfortunate accident," local CapitalOne Bank President Lacy McMillen said in Tuesday's online edition of Texarkana Gazette. "It was not the intention of the bank to harm any of these birds."
McMillen said the bank hired an exterminator to handle its pigeon problem after a bird entered the bank and defecated on a customer.
The company, which hired Anti-Pest Co. Inc. of Shreveport, Louisiana, said its goal with the treated corn was to sicken pigeons, so they would leave the rooftop. Death was sometimes an unfortunate side effect, company president Jarrod Horton said.
Vera Martin, working at Texarkana's weekend Quadrangle Festival, said the poisoning in the Texas-Arkansas border city sends a bad message to children.
"I think it's cruelty to animals," she said. "What other animals could be killed in the process of doing this?"
bring it on Vera!
me and you baby. live on Larry King and, after an hour with me, you'll be walkin down the public square like Johnny Appleseed with a FATTY sack of corn!!
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) -- Poisoned pigeons began nose-diving into pavement and dying on downtown sidewalks, marring the city's annual festival.
Authorities cleaned up more than 25 sick or dead birds that apparently had eaten poisoned corn from the roof of a nearby bank branch.
"The death of these pigeons was more than an unfortunate accident," local CapitalOne Bank President Lacy McMillen said in Tuesday's online edition of Texarkana Gazette. "It was not the intention of the bank to harm any of these birds."
McMillen said the bank hired an exterminator to handle its pigeon problem after a bird entered the bank and defecated on a customer.
The company, which hired Anti-Pest Co. Inc. of Shreveport, Louisiana, said its goal with the treated corn was to sicken pigeons, so they would leave the rooftop. Death was sometimes an unfortunate side effect, company president Jarrod Horton said.
Vera Martin, working at Texarkana's weekend Quadrangle Festival, said the poisoning in the Texas-Arkansas border city sends a bad message to children.
"I think it's cruelty to animals," she said. "What other animals could be killed in the process of doing this?"
bring it on Vera!
me and you baby. live on Larry King and, after an hour with me, you'll be walkin down the public square like Johnny Appleseed with a FATTY sack of corn!!
soto
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and does anyone else see the irony of the president of CapitalOne calling the dead pigeons "MORE than an unfortunate event"???
more? MORE??? something that's MORE than unfortunate would probably hafta involve some type of terrorist induced holocaust that savagely wipes out several thousand innocent people for the sheer sake of insanity.
not 25 dead birds.
and this coming from the guy that helps run one of the largest firms in the country renown for financially raping American consumers out of billions of $$$'s a year in fraudulent membership fees, late charges, interest rates exceeding 25%, and erroneous credit reporting.
more? MORE??? something that's MORE than unfortunate would probably hafta involve some type of terrorist induced holocaust that savagely wipes out several thousand innocent people for the sheer sake of insanity.
not 25 dead birds.
and this coming from the guy that helps run one of the largest firms in the country renown for financially raping American consumers out of billions of $$$'s a year in fraudulent membership fees, late charges, interest rates exceeding 25%, and erroneous credit reporting.
phixer
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Pigeon kamikazes :hilarious
:hilarious Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Wonder if the exterminator was like "Carl" from Caddyshack. This woman needs to seek enlightenment from places like:
www.deadsquirrel.com Check out the video.
www.deadsquirrel.com Check out the video.
ilovesharks
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steve irwin didnt die because the animals fault stingrays were given there stingers from nature for defense not a murder tool if steve irwin was alive he would hate this just like many other people and my stingray george
1journeyman
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Back, back to the dusty vault where you came from, you year old thread!!!
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by soto
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- At least 10 stingrays have been found dead and mutilated on Australia's eastern coast since "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was killed by one of the animals last week, an official said Tuesday, prompting concerns of revenge attacks on the normally docile fish.
The popular television star was killed last week when a stingray barb pierced his chest as he filmed a TV show off Australia's Great Barrier Reef, prompting an outpouring of grief in Australia and among his fans worldwide.
The dead stingrays have been discovered on two beaches in Queensland state, including two that were found Tuesday with their tails lopped off, state fisheries department official Wayne Sumpton said.
Sumpton said fishermen who inadvertently catch the diamond-shaped rays sometimes cut off their tails to avoid being stung, but the practice is uncommon.
Michael Hornby, the executive director of Irwin's conservation group Wildlife Warriors, said he was concerned the rays were being hunted and killed in retaliation for the TV star's death.
"It may be some sort of retribution, or it may be fear from certain individuals, or it just may be yet another callous act toward wildlife," he said.
He said killing stingrays was "not what Steve was about."
"We are disgusted and disappointed that people would take this sort of action to hurt wildlife," he said.
Stingrays are usually shy, unobtrusive fish that rummage along the sea bottom for food or burrow into the sand. When stepped on or otherwise frightened, a serrated spine up to 25 centimeters (10 inches) long in the animal's tail flares up.
The spines emit toxins that can kill small creatures and cause excruciating pain in humans. Few people die from the poison, but the spines can badly tear flesh and the wounds are prone to infections, including tetanus.
Hornby said people should treat stingrays with caution, but "there is still no need to ... kill or mutilate these important animals."
Ah but they just think it could be.
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- At least 10 stingrays have been found dead and mutilated on Australia's eastern coast since "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was killed by one of the animals last week, an official said Tuesday, prompting concerns of revenge attacks on the normally docile fish.
The popular television star was killed last week when a stingray barb pierced his chest as he filmed a TV show off Australia's Great Barrier Reef, prompting an outpouring of grief in Australia and among his fans worldwide.
The dead stingrays have been discovered on two beaches in Queensland state, including two that were found Tuesday with their tails lopped off, state fisheries department official Wayne Sumpton said.
Sumpton said fishermen who inadvertently catch the diamond-shaped rays sometimes cut off their tails to avoid being stung, but the practice is uncommon.
Michael Hornby, the executive director of Irwin's conservation group Wildlife Warriors, said he was concerned the rays were being hunted and killed in retaliation for the TV star's death.
"It may be some sort of retribution, or it may be fear from certain individuals, or it just may be yet another callous act toward wildlife," he said.
He said killing stingrays was "not what Steve was about."
"We are disgusted and disappointed that people would take this sort of action to hurt wildlife," he said.
Stingrays are usually shy, unobtrusive fish that rummage along the sea bottom for food or burrow into the sand. When stepped on or otherwise frightened, a serrated spine up to 25 centimeters (10 inches) long in the animal's tail flares up.
The spines emit toxins that can kill small creatures and cause excruciating pain in humans. Few people die from the poison, but the spines can badly tear flesh and the wounds are prone to infections, including tetanus.
Hornby said people should treat stingrays with caution, but "there is still no need to ... kill or mutilate these important animals."
Ah but they just think it could be.