cats and crows

wrote:

I don't think the cats are killing those crows. Crows are hard to
kill, not only because of their size, but they're very smart. I also
don't think stray cats would just kill them for sport--the bodies
would show some damage, and there would be feathers all over the
place. Sounds like somebody just doesn't like the cats and they're
playing the blame game.

Not just somebody, but many don't like the cats. I'll have to find out more
about

The real kicker is, who in the WORLD would want crows on a campus?
They're nasty and will run off the songbirds.

Sherry

Crows are a huge problem, all over Japan. They are such a problem that
every garbage area is covered by a net or some other form of protection. Of
course, the nets are so light it's easy for the crows to learn to lift them
up, but it's the thought that counts, I suppose. Our campus is a perfect
habitat for crows--a lot of trees to nest in and which probably harbor (or
used to) nests of other types of birds. You don't find many spots with a
lot of trees in Japan. Our campus just happens to be one of them!

rona


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Mike Romain wrote:
You are describing the symptoms of West Nile Virus in the crows.

Your local health department likely wants those crows for testing.
Here is a Center for Disease Control (CDC) link to find out who to
call:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/west...ity_states.htm


No CDC in Japan, but I'll find out if there is some other such agency. I
just read that some crows up north have tested positive for the bird flu
virus found in SE Asia. I'm going to mention that to them. Japanese love
panic, so they might latch on to that theory rather than the poor cats.

rona

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On Tue 17 May 2005 05:39:26p, Rona Y. wrote in
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No CDC in Japan, but I'll find out if there is some other such
agency. I just read that some crows up north have tested
positive for the bird flu virus found in SE Asia. I'm going to
mention that to them. Japanese love panic, so they might latch
on to that theory rather than the poor cats.

Rona, I hope it isn't the avian flu, but I hope they can be convinced
it isn't the cats. That must be so frustrating!

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Cheryl

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited
breath."
- W.C. Fields

"Rona Y." wrote:

Mike Romain wrote:
You are describing the symptoms of West Nile Virus in the crows.

Your local health department likely wants those crows for testing.
Here is a Center for Disease Control (CDC) link to find out who to
call:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/west...ity_states.htm


No CDC in Japan, but I'll find out if there is some other such agency. I
just read that some crows up north have tested positive for the bird flu
virus found in SE Asia. I'm going to mention that to them. Japanese love
panic, so they might latch on to that theory rather than the poor cats.

rona


Wow!

Are you sitting at the start of a major infection? Will we hear about
you in the news?

Seriously..... Dead Crows are/can be a big indicator of major trouble.

Mike