The cold was not to blame for more than 300 dead birds found in Yankton, although it was a suspect at first.
After sending a few of the birds to Brookings for testing, a phone call from the United States Department of Agriculture explained everything.
"Kind of like an Alfred Hitchcock," says Yankton Animal Control Officer Lisa Brasel.
Birds everywhere.
Only these birds - all starlings - are dead.
"They said it was a health concern so they poisoned them," explains Brasel.
The USDA used a poison called DRC 1399 at a feedlot 10 miles south of Yankton, never expecting the birds to get so far before they died.
Some in Yankton question the government's method and motive.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
DYING BIRD PHENOMENON | VIDEO: Hundreds Of Dead Birds In South Dakota Were Killed By U.S. Government
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I wish they would poison their fukin selves!
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