Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 14:30:20 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sherry Peruzzi Subject: Saved by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Last summer the Washington Post ran an appalling story about the Washington Humane Society's killing of three baby mockingbirds. Yesterday the Post reported that the Humane Society, which has euthanized more than 700 wild birds in the past four years, has been found to violate the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and will be sanctioned. The complete story is here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19693-2001Mar30.html/ Sherry Peruzzi Howard County bookworms@home.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================