Note: The following is the county's response to the challenge of their unfounded, politically motivated warning notice. 
Click one one of the following to see:
"Mohave County Says Pigeons Pose Threat to Public Health"
"Urban Wildlife Society Challenges Mohave County"

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  June 27, 1997

  Mr. Dave Roth
  Urban Wildlife Society
  717 W. Cambridge Ave.
  Phoenix, AZ. 85007

  Dear Mr. Roth:

  I am responding to your request for information pertaining to pigeons and their transmitted diseases. I am not aware of any  reported cases of diseases that were transmitted by pigeons in Mohave County.

  "Pigeons are not harmless birds. They have been described as rats with feathers. The description is most appropriate because free flying feral pigeons transmit over 40 diseases and are a serious health hazard to humans and domestic animals." This is a direct quote by Walter J. Weber the author of Health Hazards From Pigeons, Starlings and English Sparrows.

  The Lake Havasu City Mayor, Mr. Richard Hileman, requested the Mohave County Health Department recommend that the city organize a citizens committee to activate an abatement policy for the pigeon problem in Lake Havasu City.

  Sincerely.

  Mohave County Environmental Health Division
  cc:  Jerry Street, Director Mohave County Health Dept.
        Norm Marrah, Manager Mohave County Environmental Division
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