NEW
YORK (AP) — The city's parks commissioner has urged New Yorkers to be on
the lookout for a "depraved'' suspect who has been killing pigeons, sparrows
and ducks by lacing bird food or bread crumbs with a toxic chemical.
Officials said
that more than 80 birds have died at the hands of the culprit in recent
weeks — most of them in Central Park. State wildlife experts confirmed
the birds ingested Carbofuran, a pesticide that has no legitimate use in
Manhattan.
Parks Commissioner
Henry Stern called the poisonings an outrage and "surely the work of a
depraved mind.''
Last August,
Carbofuran was blamed for the deaths of about 60 birds in the city. No
one was caught.
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