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好莱坞鸽子将服避孕药

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Hollywood pigeons to be put on the pill

 

好莱坞鸽子将服避孕药

Hollywood residents believe they've found a humane(1) way to reduce their pigeon population and the messes the birds make: the pill.

Over the next few months a birth control product called OvoControl P, which interferes with(2) egg development, will be placed in bird food in new rooftop feeders(3).

"We think we've got a good solution to a bad situation," said Laura Dodson, president of the Argyle Civic Association, the group leading the effort to try the new contraceptive(4). "The poop problem has become unmanageable and this could be the answer."

Community leaders planned to announce the OvoControl P pilot(5) program, which Dodson believes is the first of its kind in the nation, at a news conference Monday.

Dodson said representatives from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals contacted her group with the idea to use OvoControl P. Other animal rights groups, including the Humane Society of the United States, support the contraceptive over electric shock gates, spiked rooftops, poisons or other methods.

It's estimated about 5,000 pigeons call the area home. Their population boom is blamed in part on people feeding the birds, including a woman known as the Bird Lady, who was responsible for dumping 25-pound bags of seed in 29 spots around Hollywood.

OvoControl P has been registered with the state Department of Pesticide(6) Regulation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Developed by Rancho Santa Fe-based Innolytics, the substance contains nicarbazin, which interferes with an egg's ability to develop or hatch(7), said Erick Wolf, Innolytics chief executive.

The pilot program was expected to show results within a year, and the Hollywood area's pigeon population is expected to shrink by at least half by 2012, Dodson said.



1. humane:仁慈的

2. interfere with:干扰,阻挠

3. feeder:进料器

4. contraceptive:避孕品

5. pilot:试验性的

6. pesticide:杀虫剂、农药的

7. hatch:孵化

 

好莱坞居民相信为减少鸽子数量和垃圾问题找到了人道的解决方法:避孕药!
 


在未来的几个月中,一种干扰卵子发育的生育控制药物OvoControl P将被混合在鸽子食物中。



 

阿盖尔市民协会正在努力推行尝试这种新药,主席Laura Dodson说:“我们认为我们为一种坏的情况找到了一种好的解决方式。鸟粪问题已经无法控制,这种药将能解决此问题。”



周一新闻发布会上,社区管理者宣布了这一试验性举措,Dodson说这是全国首次尝试。



Dodson称“人道对待动物者”的代表主动和她联系,希望启用OvoControl P。其他动物权利组织,包括美国保护动物协会,也支持这项举措,反对电击门、尖刺屋顶、下毒或者其他不人道方法。




这里大约居住着5000只鸽子,繁殖速度暴增的原因一部分是人类的投喂,其中一位被称为“鸟夫人”的女性曾在好莱坞附近29处投放25磅的鸟食。




Innolytics 首席执行官Erick Wolf 介绍说:OvoControl P通过了农药法规部和美国环境保护局的注册,由Rancho Santa Fe-based Innolytics研发,主要成分有尼卡巴嗪,它能够阻挠卵子发育或者孵化。



Dodson说这项试验性项目将于一年内验收,预计好来坞地区的鸽子数量至少减少一半,也就是届时还剩下2012只。



 

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