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...reported [Feb. 24], call the Army's blackbird-killing campaign "a form of mass euthanasia," which would imply a good death in the victims' interest...
...operation was the start of the U.S. Army's "blackbird control program." Last fall the birds had descended on southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee like a biblical plague. In addition to Fort Campbell's flock of 5 million, there were almost 10 million birds at the military arsenal in nearby Milan, Tenn.. and another 1.5 million in the town of Paducah, Ky. The blackbirds battened on feed meant for livestock, and their droppings might spread histoplasmosis, a lung disease. Before retaliating, the Army issued an environmental statement, and defeated court suits brought by two humane societies (TIME...
...With a blackbird population of 350 million, the U.S. can afford some meruline slaughter; even the Audubon Society agrees that the pests must be controlled. Besides, notes Mayor Atkins, furious at the New Yorkers who have thwarted the extermination plan, starlings spread through the U.S. from New York City.* To vent his frustration, he wryly asked Hopkinsville attorneys to draft a request for an injunction staying New York City from killing its rats...
...draft will never have to be written. On Feb. 8 a U.S. district court in Washington, B.C., ruled that the Army could proceed with its "blackbird control program," and last week the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld that decision. Now all the Army has to do is hope for a prolonged cold spell...
ALSO ON THE program was Messaien's The Blackbird, a work from a later period when he because fascinated by the sound of bird songs. Marilyn Chohaney handled the rhythmically in tricate flute part with disarming ease and received highly sensitive accompaniment from Hugh Wolff...