[SOC] Fish and Game

Bill Cunningham [email protected]
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:12:12 -0400


> According to the Knight-Ridder News Service, the inscription on the metal
> bands used by the U.S. Department of the Interior to tag migratory birds
has
> been changed. The bands used to bear the address of the Washington
> Biological Survey, abbreviated: Wash.  Biol.  Surv. until the agency
> received the following letter from an Arkansas camper:
> >
> >
> > "Dear Sirs:
> >
> > While camping last week I shot one of your birds. I think it was a crow.
I
> > followed the cooking instructions on the leg tag and I want to tell you,
> it
> > was horrible."
> >
> > The bands are now marked Fish and Wildlife Service.
> >
>
>