Reader comments: West Nile surveillance kicks off

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DAve | 7:59 a.m. May 20, 2008
How pathetic. It would be much better to get rid of mosquitos, but the enviros seem to have convinced everyone that bugs are more important than people.
Sheesh. | 8:34 a.m. May 21, 2008
DAve- I didn't get anything out of that article indicating anyone "enviros" or otherwise, wishing to save the mosquitos. They DO get rid of them. That's why its called MOSQUITO ABATEMENT. They also put a lot of man power and time into testing water sources for the presence of infected mosquitos all season long. The chickens are a tool to tell them where the virus is concentrating so they know where to put the most effort into ABATING the mosquitos. Don't be so eager to blame the other side when you don't even have all the facts.

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Alex Boehmer, back left, holds a cage as he watches Ryan Lusty with the Magna Mosquito Abatement District catch a sentinel chicken that tried to get away during the roundup on Monday. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret News)
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Alex Boehmer, back left, holds a cage as he watches Ryan Lusty with the Magna Mosquito Abatement District catch a sentinel chicken that tried to get away during the roundup on Monday.