Border patrol radio tower under siege from 300 vultures, which are covering it in feces and urine
Vultures, welcome to the resistance.
About 300 of the birds of prey have made themselves at home in and around a U.S. Customs and Border Protection radio tower and covered the tower and surrounding area in “droppings mixed with urine,” according to a Request For Information from CBP. The vultures have made life miserable for agency employees at the tower in Kingsville, Texas, about 100 miles east of the border town of Laredo.
The group of vultures, called a kettle, has lived in the tower for six years, Quartz reported. But border patrol officers apparently can’t take it anymore, and they’re hoping that someone will help the agency put some netting around the tower that would keep the vultures out and prevent them from defecating all over it.
In addition to covering the tower in filth the birds are also creating hazardous working conditions, according to Quartz. Workers have reported vultures dropping prey from as high as 300 feet, and vulture vomit can be corrosive, threatening the structural integrity of the tower.
Simply killing all the vultures is illegal, as the scavengers are protected by the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Customs and Border Protection is hoping to have any nets in place by August.
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