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The USDA will stop using sodium cyanide "bombs" in Idaho (at least temporarily) following an incident that put a 14-year-old in the hospital and killed his dog:
About a month after an anti-predator device spit sodium cyanide in the face of an unsuspecting boy and killed his dog, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it is ending its use of the M-44 mechanisms in Idaho indefinitely.
"We take seriously the incident in Idaho," Jason Suckow, western regional director of the USDA's Wildlife Services agency, told conservation groups in a letter Monday. "We immediately responded by removing all M-44s from the area, initiating an inquiry into the incident, and launching a review of current [Wildlife Services] operating procedures."
Suckow noted the agency has "removed all M-44s currently deployed on all land ownerships in Idaho" and has refrained from planting new ones.
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Monday April 17 2017, @06:08PM
Just in case this ridiculous statement is taken for a joke:
Education Department Buying 12-Gauge Shotguns [wnd.com]
I don't know much about the trustworthiness of wnd.com, but similar stories can be found elsewhere on the web. This is simply the first one I encountered that mentioned Education in the headline, rather than just included in the text among several other Federal agencies.
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