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| 24 Dead Ducks Found in Capitol Reflecting Pool |
| 2008-07-29 |
| I've heard of lame ducks on Capitol Hill before, but . . . WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service says it removed 24 dead ducks from the Capitol Reflecting Pool on Saturday. Park Service spokesman Bill Line says officials believe the birds died from avian botulism. Line says the disease is not unusual among ducks, and tends to occur in the summer because it thrives in warmer water. Officials have sent the ducks to a lab for testing. Preliminary test results from a group of dead ducks found two weeks ago in the Capitol pool show they likely died of avian botulism. Line says ducks dying from avian botulism are being found in several other parts of country. He says there is no risk of the disease being passed to humans. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #7 Was Ted Stevens among the dead ducks? |
| Posted by: GK 2008-07-29 23:38 |
| #6 Nothing to do with me. |
| Posted by: Wilbur Mills 2008-07-29 23:05 |
| #5 They probably died laughing at San Fran Nan' latest rant on the quackmire in Iraq? Or was it the latest inane and platitude filled BO speech they laughed their bills off at? |
| Posted by: James Carville 2008-07-29 10:43 |
| #4 This happened years ago in California. The hunting organization Ducks Unlimited began a practical effort (unlike typical leftist environmental groups), to create duck habitats around California. Being practical, soon California was up to its eyebrows in ducks. And then natural controls started kicking in, with avian botulism, to reduce the profligate numbers of ducks. This serves as a good lesson for how an organization that is actually serious about a problem is a million times more effective than organizations that just cynically want to profit from a problem, or that has its own agenda unrelated to the problem. It also shows that there are natural limits to things, beyond human control. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-07-29 10:28 |
| #3 QUACKmire! Its Bush's Fault! |
| Posted by: MoveON 2008-07-29 09:53 |
| #2 But were they BABY ducks, like the Paleostinian types? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-29 09:52 |
| #1 I'd check out Kucinich's UFO friends... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-29 09:05 |