World IN BRIEF : CANADA : Officials Postpone Plan to Kill Sea Gulls
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Canadian government, facing angry protests from bird lovers, has postponed a plan to poison sea gulls on remote Sable Island, 170 miles off Nova Scotia, a wildlife agency spokesman said. The government decided last year to kill the gulls because they threatened the endangered roseate tern, a smaller sea bird. Sea gulls feed on the tern’s eggs and compete with it for food.
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