Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!herlihy From: herlihy@crl.dec.com (Maurice Herlihy) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Pigeon Control Message-ID: <1991Feb18.035055.11424@crl.dec.com> Date: 18 Feb 91 03:50:55 GMT References: <91045.133831RHG@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: news@crl.dec.com (USENET News System) Reply-To: herlihy@crl.dec.com (Maurice Herlihy) Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab Lines: 5 In he summer of 1984, I saw official posters in Venice, Italy announcing that the Commune had started feeding contraceptive chemicals to the pigeons, and, until further notice, citizens were advised not to eat them. Honest! Maurice Herlihy