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Fewer fowls flocking to A&M this ye
Bird control expected to cost
A&M about $10,000 in 1985-86
By THOMAS OWNBEY
Reporter
Birds roosting on the Texas A&M
campus have heen a problem since
the mid 1970s, and although there
are fewer birds this year than in the
past, they are still a nuisance.
“This year we expect to spend
about $10,000 on bird control,” says
Eugene Ray, director of the
Grounds Maintenance Department.
The birds coat the ground, side
walk, cars and people — anything
under the trees where they roost —
with droppings. After a rain, the
droppings make the entire campus
smell like a hen house, Ray says.
In 1974 there were about 200,000
birds roosting on campus. By 1977
the number had risen to 1.5 million.
Now there are only about 25,000 on
campus, but Ray says cleaning-up af
ter them is still a problem.
In 1974, the grounds around the
Academic Building were covered in
almost two inches of bird droppings,
Ray says. That year, A&M spent
close to $50,000 cleaning up the
mess.
This year the
centered around
Coliseum in the
Routt Boulevard.
The Grounds Maintenance De
partment is trying everything to rid
the campus of its winged residents,
Ray says.
One year the department had to
actually shoot the birds out of the
trees. Ray says it took days of phone
calling to get permission to shoot the
birds. And though he says he wasn’t
crazy about the idea, he saw no other
solution.
When it was over the campus was
littered with almost 30,000 carcasses.
Ray says it was an experience he
would like to forget.
Two new ultra-sonic devices have
recently heen added to the arsenal of
bird scaring equipment. Grounds
Maintenance hopes that the high
frequency noise will irritate the birds
enough to leave.
“The problem is the device isn’t
very ultra-sonic,” Ray says, adding
that it’s quite noisy and it’s irritating
to people as well.
Grounds maintenance operates
two devices — one at the Academic
Building and one at Rudder Tower
— but only when classes aren’t meet
ing. Ray says he doesn’t want to dis-
main problem is
G. Rollie White
trees along Joe
turb any classes or meetings with the
loud chirping.
Dr. Keith Arnold, professor of
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, says
he has tried placing plastic owls in
the trees but has seen few results.
Owls are natural enemies of the cow
birds and grackles that roost on cam
pus.
To scare the birds from their
roosting places, a loud blast from a
propane cannon is used. But it’s so
loud that it can only be used when
school is not in session, Ray says.
Therefore, an amplified distress
call is used in conjunction with the
cannon, Ray says.
The cannon and distress call seem
to work fairly well, Ray says. But
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Number of Mickey Finn crimes up in Dallas
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Associated Press
DALLAS — It’s an old scam: a
bar-hopping man — usually one
who flashes cash and expensive jew
elry — picks up a woman, takes her
to a hotel room or apartment and is
slipped a drugged drink known as a
“Mickey Finn.”
Most victims of a recent outbreak
of Mickey Finn robberies in the Dal
las area have lost high-priced
watches, jewelry, cash and credit
cards. Police say one robbery victim
found dead at a hotel may have lost
his life in a Mickey Finn crime.
Mickey Finn robberies started in
the Dallas area about 15 months ago,
police say.
Police estimate only 20 percent to
50 percent of the druggings are re
ported to police because the victims’
pride keeps them from seeking po
lice assistance.
A typical robbery starts when a
man picks up a woman, occasionally
two women, in a bar or hotel lounge.
He takes the woman to his hotel
room or apartment, and she insists
on offering him a drink. Then she
slips a drug, or “Mickey Finn,” into
the victim’s drink, waits until he
passes out and steals his valuables.
Most of the victims who have te-
ported the robberies to police are
white men varying in age from the
early 2()s to the early 50s.
Steve Higgins, an investigatot fot
the Addison Police Department, said
police estimate about half the victims
are married. Most give at least the
appearance of being wealthy.
According to the Phvsi
Reference, the drug is at
cts agent, used to alien
disorders or to relieve aase
< i.ncd with clinical depress
In combination withal
drug depresses the neno
and the victim passesoutfi
hours.
“Some are genuinely well-of f peo
ple,” he said. “Some arc $200-a-week
millionaires.”
Higgins said the drug most often
used is LoraZepam, better-known bv
its brand name, Ativan.
Higgins said several vkti
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condition. Police suspecttlu
found dead in an Arlinjtit
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