Please urge energy company to stop poisoning birds: sample message provided

Please politely urge South Carolina Electric & Gas Company officials to stop poisoning birds and to stick with humane and effective bird-control methods instead. You may use the Sample Letter but please modify for variety, thank you.


Background | From PETA

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) reportedly uses Avitrol to kill pigeons and other birds at its McKeekin Station Plant. Avitrol is a notorious poison that causes disorientation, convulsions, and a slow, agonizing death. Pest-control companies tell clients that Avitrol only “scares birds away,” but this is patently untrue. And dogs, cats, and nontarget wildlife can also die after consuming the bodies of poisoned birds.

Furthermore, lethal methods don’t work to keep birds away. More animals come in from surrounding areas to use available resources, and a spike in the food supply results, prompting accelerated breeding among survivors and newcomers. In the end, populations actually increase! What results is a vicious killing cycle in which countless animals suffer and die needlessly.


Whom to contact, individual:

Stephen A. Byrne
Chief Operating Officer
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
sbyrne@scana.com

Richard Salley
McKeekin Station Plant Manager
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
rsalley@scana.com
803-217-4125

Whom to contact, as a group:

sbyrne@scana.com , rsalley@scana.com

Sample letter:

Dear Chief Operating Officer Byrne and Plant Manager Salley,

It is my understanding that South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (SCEG&C) currently utilizes the poison Avitrol to kill birds in the McKeekin Station Plant; as you know, Avitrol is a particularly nasty poison in that it causes untold suffering to its victims, who include both birds and indirect non-target species, such as cats and wildlife, who consume the birds. Such distinctive symptoms include convulsions, disorientation, pain, and obvious suffering in a lengthy pattern of death.

It is important to add that killing such a large segment of any population creates a void, in which an even larger population will develop due to an increase in food and space resources.

Please adopt a more responsible and humane approach to reducing wildlife interactions; it is negligent to utilize cruel methods that cause immense pain and a slow death when alternative non-lethal methods exist, and I plea with you to adopt a responsible solution that doesn’t cause such suffering.

I know your time is limited and I thank you for your attention to this urgent manner.

Sincerely,

NAME, STATE|COUNTRY

 

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