| Show 1339 Promises Hope To Control Starlings Experimental testing of a product coded 1339 beams a ray of hope to livestock feeders feed feed- ers and others plagued with pesky starlings Jack H H. H Berryman Ber Ber- ryman utah State University extension wildlife specialist reports that the material Is being tested in various parts of Utah by personnel of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife an agency of the US U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lIE SAID One flock of over was reduced to about within n a few days by using 1339 However we must emphasize em em- that this product is not yet authorized or available for tor general use It is now being being be- be ing used only experimentally under careful supervision of the Denver Wildlife Research Center Mr Berryman explain e d that all starling control success sue suc- cess stories that have been reported reported re re- ported from other states have also been on an experimental basis lIe He said Some reportedly report report- edly successful techniques and products have not been authorized author author- for use because they pose posea a potential danger to the user and to domestic and wild ani ani- mals Many success stories have been premature and the products described have not been authorized in utah andare and andare are not being used generally in other states COUNTY Agent Dar r e 11 Stokes noted that starling control con con- res research received added emphasis when a commercial airliner crashed and took 62 people to their death as a are result re- re suIt sult of starlings being sucked into the jet engine The defense defense de de- department appropriated appropriate ed for starling control research and many states have also appropriated large sums Many agencies organization and universities are arenow arenow now searching for a reliable safe solution to the starling I problem 4 |
