Monk parakeets' fate in judge's hands(campaign)

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Friends of Animals May 27, 2008 7:47 AM EBbrewpunx Monk parakeets' fate in judge's hands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Monk parakeets' fate in judge's hands

May 25, 2008

The Connecticut Post

KEN DIXON

Animal lovers call them a colorful part of the urban ecology, but the United Illuminating Co. wants a state judge to declare Connecticut’s monk parakeet population a tenacious threat to public health and safety.

The utility claims the company’s most-effective way to deal with the stick nests that some parrot colonies build on utility poles was the capture-and-slaughter program that sparked controversy, protests and worldwide interest in fall 2005.

During the first two days of a Superior Court trial in New Haven last week, a UI lawyer asked Judge Trial Referee Anthony V. DeMayo to rule that the regional utility can resume the kill tactics.

The Darien-based Friends of Animals Inc., which brought the lawsuit against UI more than two years ago, wants DeMayo to issue an injunction so the eradication, which claimed about 185 monk parakeets in 2005, stops permanently.

“I think UI’s waiting for the kind of ruling they want here and they’re going to start killing these birds right and left,†said Priscilla Feral, president of the international animal-rights advocacy group, after the second day of evidence on Thursday.

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