Sanford airport officials plan to destroy eagle nests

[Mrs Behavin]

Airport officials in Sanford plan to destroy nests belonging to three pairs of bald eagles and several chicks because birds are hanging around runways and pose a danger.

Local environmentalists, outraged by what could be the nation's most aggressive government-sanctioned act against eagles in decades, tried in vain to block approval of the destruction. But the Federal Aviation Administration declared the situation an emergency.

The nests could be cut down as soon as this week. An experienced climber will try to rescue the weeks-old chicks, but it's not clear they will survive. Audubon of Florida will try to find a nest elsewhere in Central Florida that will adopt the chicks.

What makes the move particularly controversial is that limited studies were done to determine whether the eagles from the targeted nests are the same eagles causing trouble on the Orlando Sanford International Airport runways. Dozens of other nests are within a few miles of the airport. But airport officials say it makes sense that the nests closest to the runways are the problem.

Sanford airport officials plan to destroy eagle nests - Orlando Sentinel : Seminole County News Sanford airport officials plan to destroy eagle nests - Orlando Sentinel : Seminole County News

 

[lemon]

humans consume, not preserve

 

[IntruderLS1]

I love those birds, but I've also worked on a lot of jets. You don't need a bird that large taking a dive into a jet engine. The FAA isn't making up the idea that it's dangerous. If tomorrow an Eagle takes down a jet, and kills 300 people, can you imagin how outraged everybody will be at the government for not doing anything sooner?