Unless the city is seeking support to deny this hare-brained idea, I would
stay out of this.  It sounds like the city is doing the right thing, I
would also oppose releasing non-native, can we be assured they WILL go
home?

Kurt Schwarz
Conservation Chair
MOS

On 1/3/12 3:57 PM, "Phil Davis" <> wrote:

>Hi Karen:
>
>My feeling is that this would be a good issue for the MOS to stay out
>of since these are not wild birds. Just like we don't get into issues
>dealing with pet/caged birds. Since they do mostly all do go home,
>they really don't seem to impact our native avifauna.
>
>Just my $.02 but I don't want to start a debate about this ...
>
>Phil
>
>
>At 15:42 01/03/2012, you wrote:
>>The City of Baltimore has been approached by a dove release company
>>in PA about releasing doves at a wedding or similar event held at
>>Cylburn Arboretum.  Cylburn does host a lot of weddings.  Supposedly
>>the birds all fly home - no fuss, no mess.  Right not, the City does
>>not approve of such releases.........but they are willing to look at
>>the issue and maybe come up with a policy for this.  Any
>>comments?  Suggestions?  Experience with such
>>activities?         Karen Morley kdmorley at yahoo dot com
>
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