No Casino shootout: police deny plan to kill swooping magpies in NSW town
by Naaman Zhou from Environment | The Guardian on (#4RSSG)
Police say media reports that trained marksmen would be brought in to control the town's magpies were incorrect
Police in the northern New South Wales town of Casino have denied they planned to deploy specially trained officers to shoot and kill magpies, contrary to media reports.
On Friday the Northern Star reported that elite police officers would descend on the town to shoot local magpies which have been deemed too dangerous to live.
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