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Volunteer urges limits on rodenticides, describes owl-box program at Flower Mound Animal Services Board meeting
Summary
Resident volunteer David McCarty told the Flower Mound Animal Services Board that owl boxes and community monitoring have produced extensive local data and warned that common rodenticides can poison raptors up the food chain; he urged community alternatives and offered construction and maintenance advice.
David McCarty, a Flower Mound resident who volunteers with a local screech-owl monitoring group, told the Flower Mound Animal Services Board on March 1 that community-installed owl boxes can help conservation and public education — but only if the town and residents address maintenance and the dangers of rodenticides.
McCarty said the private, membership-based group has nearly 3,000 people and uses cameras to document breeding and nesting. “Just a little residue of rodenticide in that animal can and will kill our owls,” he said, describing how poisoned rodents are eaten by raptors and other predators. He…
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