Birds fall dead in Arkansas town for second year in a row

Tristin Hopper Jan 2, 2012 – 10:29 PM ET

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A red-winged blackbird, like the ones that have fallen dead en-masse in Beebe, Arkansas on the past two New Year’s Days.
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For the second New Year’s Day in a row, residents in Beebe, Arkansas, woke up to find their streets littered with dead red-winged blackbirds. But while 2011’s bird kill was written off as a bizarre fluke caused by exploding fireworks, local authorities believe the latest slaughter is the deliberate work of a criminal.

“Someone went into the roost and set off fireworks. We didn’t catch them, we don’t know who,” Ginny Porter, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, told CNN. If caught, those responsible could face criminal charges, according to local Arkansas media.

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