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Is it safe to poison birds?

Having birds around your yard is something that most people do not find particularly appetizing. These animals can be quite messy, and can destroy a yard in no time because of the massive amount of waste that they leave around. If you have ever been to a park you know exactly what is being talked about here. These animals travel in large packs, so you can have dozens in one area. They will release their feces and urine as they hunt for food or perch around your yard, which creates a health hazard and simply looks disgusting.



Getting rid of the birds is not the easiest thing in the world to do however. You simply can't scare them away or try to put up some kind of deterrent against them. Because these animals fly, it limits your ability to try to stop them from coming around your yard, leaving you with very few options. One option that many turn to hoping that it will be the solution is to use something like a poison. Trying to capture and move pigeons is useless for the most part, primarily because these animals are so in tune with their natural instinct to return to a place where they have found comfort. This means that you can move a pigeon miles away from your home and it can find its way back without issue.

Termination becomes the source for many, who looked to see if poison would be the solution to their problem. This may make you wonder if you should ever poison a bird? The truth about this question is that the answer is no. The reason behind this is simple. In your attempt to kill pigeons you may actually create a significantly bigger problem for yourself then you had imagined.

Let's start with the obvious. Poisoning a pigeon may have great success, but consider what happens to the pigeons who are poison. You leave out some seed or some other kind of bait that has poison to do, the animal eats it and dies. Now you have dead pigeon carcasses all over your yard, leaving you with quite an extensive cleanup depending upon how many of these animals have died there. Have you ever thought about what it would be like to have to clean up dozens of dead birds across your yard? Clearly not an appetizing choice. The other problem you face is that the pigeons may not be the only animals to eat the poison that you leave out. You may find that your own pets may decide to eat whatever you have left out, meaning that they can become sick and die from it as well.

Your dog or cat may also eat one of the dead birds, where they can become sick as well. This is actually a lot more common than you may have thought. It's understandable that you would want to do all that you could to get rid of these birds from your yard, but you have to be smart about it. Poison is simply not the right solution.

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