Kim echos my point exactly. How may birds will die because of these 1000
balloons which will likely deflate and photo degrade within 100 miles of
the release point? How many birds were killed by this corporation's
insidious pursuit of profit above the welfare of the birds they marketed
their product to attract? Why were no Ohio, or national, "bird
conservation" organizations, calling for a boycott of Scotts Miracle Grow
products when this criminal violation of pesticide laws became apparent 2
years ago?
It is incredulous that such organizations can be aware of 1000 helium
balloons being released in rural Ohio, and unaware of a major criminal act
that killed countless birds in Ohio, by a major Ohio corporation.
If Black Swamp Bird Observatory, wishes to claim ignorance, it is
understood as during that time frame it was far more concentrated on other
specious concerns. But this does not hold true for the aforementioned
larger "bird conservation" oriented organizations.
Always the troublemaker
Haans Petruschke
Kirtland
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Kim Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In response to Mr. Petruschke's complaint:
>
> Having just spent the last 16 hours doing bird conservation work and
> fighting a 1000 helium balloon release in Van Wert County, I find this kind
> of blast particularly offensive. I speak only on behalf of myself and my
> thoughts do NOT represent any of our other nonprofit partners called on the
> carpet here, but...Give me a break!
>
> The story was broadcast far and wide on Facebook by many of us. And in
> fact, Ann Oliver just posted a link to the story on Birding Ohio.
>
> Back to work. My day isn't over.
>
> Kim Kaufman
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From*: "Haans Petruschke" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent*: Friday, September 07, 2012 8:04 PM
> *To*: [log in to unmask]
> *Subject*: [Ohio-birds] Scotts Miracle grow settlement
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Today the Scotts Miracle Grow company of Marysville Ohio settled with the
> US EPA for a pittance of a criminal fine of $12.5 million for applying
> pesticides, which killed Ohio birds, to its brand of bird seed. This story
> first broke more than 2 years ago, and while the sale of this
> seed undoubtedly killed countless birds in Ohio, it got nary a mention from
> the Ohio Ornithological Society, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, the Ohio
> Audubon Society and Chapters, nor national
> organizations supposedly concerned with bird conservation like: the
> American Bird Conservancy, National Audubon Society, or Cornell Ornithology
> Laboratory. This lack of attention to this issue is absolutely stunning.
>
> Are these organizations truly concerned with bird conservation?
>
> As I did 2 years ago on Facebook, I again call for a boycott of all Scotts
> Miracle Grow products. It doubt any of the aforementioned organizations
> will have the courage to do the same.
>
> Haans Petruschke
> Kirtland
>
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