In many states, it's also illegal to feed wild animals, so even if the neighbor is not harboring them in her home, she still puts herself at risk of a citation or fine, in addition to the clear danger presented by some of the animals themselves.
Oscar provides a humane solution, he doesn't harm the birds but acts as a natural deterrent. His presence alone is enough to discourage pigeons from settling in, helping to create a cleaner, safer environment for everyone using the station.
We're expanding into areas that have never been monitored like this before, eventually, we'd like to have thousands of cameras, which will give us a lot of statistical power to detect changes in population trends over time.
Although some residents are still enamored by the fowl - Rancho Palos Verdes resident Efran Conforty told KCAL News they are the "best neighbors" - the birds have also attracted a lot of haters.
"Since we stopped baiting them a couple years ago, the population has exploded." - Rosemarie Gaglione, Public Works Director, highlighting how the California Ecosystem Protection Act influenced the squirrel population in Pismo Beach.
"They fly 3,000 miles just to get here," he says. "We don't know why they come down to the Boston area. Logan Airport has the highest concentration of snowy owls in the Northeast that we know of."
It was all hands on deck," said Evan Stout, owner and operator of Yellowstone Wildlife Guide Company and the program coordinator for Bear Awareness Gardiner. Angela Tempo, also a wildlife guide, came home one night after a long day at work to the bear halfway through her window on July 1, 2024.
"We know that we can do better moving forward," Amanda Lefton stated, acknowledging the distress caused to communities throughout New York while apologizing for the treatment of P'Nut and Fred.
The Asheville resident wore a cartoonish bear costume to creatively scare away a persistent black bear, successfully spooking it into retreat after a comical confrontation.
The incident yesterday involved a new enclosure, and occurred because the caretaker who was doing routine cleaning and feeding failed to secure two separate, doors. It was purely human error, according to Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard.