Bodies of dead birds being found in plastic tubes used across Nevada to mark mining claims

Plastic pipes used to mark mining claims across Nevada have become a death trap for the state's wild Birds, which get stuck in the uncovered tubes and then slowly starve to death, according to state officials. The widespread deaths have prompted environmental activists to launch a campaign urging the public to remove the tubes upon sight. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Southern Nevada is also targeting the animal death traps, with plans to send crews to remove plastic tubes from claim-rich areas near Sandy Valley, Goodsprings, Searchlight, Pahrump and Mesquite. Birds that like to nest in burrows and trees are attracted to the open tubes, but they can't climb or fly out of the tubes because of the slick interior...more