Wednesday, April 11, 2012

DEC NECROPSY RESULTS FOR FOUR MANHATTAN HAWKS


                    Intrepid, the Riverside Mom


DEC NECROPSY RESULTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR MANHATTAN RED-TAILED HAWKS

The four red tailed hawks found deceased in and around Manhattan late February and early March 2012, were submitted for examination to the State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Wildlife Health Unit.  Anticoagulant rodenticides were found as the primary cause of death in three of four birds.
DEC’s Wildlife Health Unit performs necropsies (animal autopsies) and diagnostic laboratory tests to identify the causes of sickness and death in New York State’s wild animals.  To improve public communication regarding these and other cases of interest, detailed reports and background information is now available on DEC’s website on the Wildlife Health Program webpage: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/81470.html.
        
            Thanks to Bobby Horvath and Katherine Herzog for the link.
               
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Dongegal Browne

1 comment:

sally said...

Thank you so much for this news and links, though very sad. Both Ginger and Intrepid were indeed poisoned. Perhaps it will lead to changes...one can only hope and keep shouting!