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Poll: Should foxes be killed to save piping plovers?
Photo credit: Jim Staubitser
Trappers euthanized nine foxes last week after catching them in Robert Moses State Park, a breeding ground for the endangered piping plover.
Wildlife officials blamed the foxes trapped near Democrat Point for a precipitous drop in the number of nesting plover pairs in the park, said Ronald Foley, Long Island regional director of the state parks department.
Should foxes that are trapped...
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