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Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com |
Postmortem testing indicates that Flaco, NYC's beloved Eurasian Eagle Owl, had two significant underlying conditions when he flew into a building and died: severe pigeon herpesvirus from eating feral pigeons and exposure to four different anticoagulant rodenticides newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
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skyler 🌿
@redskiesbynight.bsky.social
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I had no idea pigeon herpes was a thing, the more you know
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Viviane Elbee
@vivianeelbee.bsky.social
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So sad
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Cait
@caitesq.bsky.social
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Poor Flaco.
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Charlotte Freeman
@cmf406.bsky.social
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May he become the Smokey the Bear of future urban bird health!
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CindyLou
@cindynorth1.bsky.social
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Poor Flaco, that’s why I wish he had been recovered by the zoo
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@saschavykos.bsky.social
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Daaamn :(
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Franklin D. Roosefella
@roosefella.bsky.social
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sure sure. the pigeon herpes was from "eating" them.....
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Concoloris
@concoloris.bsky.social
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they have this amazing new invention in other cities called garbage cans that make it so you don't need to coat the entire city in poison to deal with the rats
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Mitchell Epner
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It is hard to describe the density of the pigeon and rodent population in and around New York's Central Park. The vast amount of food dropped daily by visitors feeds enormous populations.
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Susieus Maximus
@susieusmaximus.bsky.social
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I hope all the asshats who were so sure he should "fly free" are happy now. Yeah, all things being equal, it's better for animals not to be in captivity. All things weren't remotely equal here.
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Doug Deasey
@dougdeasey.bsky.social
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Please don't put in the newspaper that I had pigeon herpes
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Julie Hill
@jw-hill.bsky.social
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Poor Flaco :(
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Carl Marx
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That stuff killed two of our cats Both lost all bodily function in less than a day but were still totally alive Rodent bait is bad news
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ₚᴀɴᴺᴼᴺɪᴄₐ
@acinonnap.bsky.social
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Kinda figures, unfortunately
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El Topo
@eltopo71.bsky.social
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I just knew that slutty pigeons were involved somehow.
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Sarah Weinman
@sarahweinman.bsky.social
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:(
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Jugband
@jugbandjames.bsky.social
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Baby, I was just eating feral pigeons. I promise.
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Moby Hick
@mobyhick.bsky.social
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Are feral pigeons still safe for human consumption?
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TLC
@tarantical.bsky.social
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Why are pigeons so nasty!?
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curio coded
@codecurio.bsky.social
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ofc the building was exonerated after the toxicology report comes out
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professional agitatormama
@pnutsmama.bsky.social
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this is so sad. poor flaco.
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Robert Szasz 𓅆
@rszasz.bsky.social
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Pigeon herpesvirus as a commensal virus limiting predation?
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Colin Danby
@cdanby.bsky.social
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The person who opened his cage killed him. Just not right away.
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Danger Manley
@dangermanley.bsky.social
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😭
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I Dissent Cha Cha
@rachacha.bsky.social
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Julia S.
@booktweeting.bsky.social
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the rat poison I expected, but the pigeon poisoning not so much poor Flaco, he brought us joy and deserved better
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HenryHill1
@henryhill1.bsky.social
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Alright, who's fucking the pigeons?
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