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Garbage Scavenging by CrowsTo prevent crows from coming

Garbage management is critical!

In a part of the Sakurai community, crows were fed, causing 300 crows to gather every day. With much dropping of feces andtheir noisy calls, the daily lives of people in Sakurai were disturbed for a long time, which was often reported on TV and innewspapers.
However, persistent efforts of the community, a business operator, and the government of Minoh City reduced the number ofcrows flying in to almost zero, bringing life back to normal.

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Three Ways to Prevent Crows from Scavenging
When you take out garbage,

1 Bring it to the collection site on the designated day at the designated time.
Do not put it out during the day or at nightof the day before.

At the garbage collection site,

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Tuck the edge of the net under the waste bag
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3If garbage has been picked through,Clean it up immediately!
When garbage remains scattered,more crows will come.
Don’t drive the crows off with a stick or they may attack.

Garbage nets
are available.

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Minoh City is lending garbage nets for a garbage collection site shared by five or more detached houses.
Some conditions must be met for lending. Those who would like a net should contact theWaste Management Division by phone, fax, or e-mail. After checking your address, collection site, etc.,
we will let you know how to apply.

Waste Management Division
Citizen Services Department , Minoh City

(７２９・２３７１ 6 ７２９・７３３７E-mail: seibi@maple.city.minoh.lg.jp

To prevent crows from scavenging

We ask for your cooperation!
March through June
Is the Crows’ Breeding Season.

Crows tend to scare people off or scavenge for food more often
during this season!

Crows build nests and raise their young from March to June. They tend toscare off or attack people or scavenge for food more often during thisseason.
Garbage can create a food source for crows. Take your garbage out
properly especially from March to June to prevent crows fromscavenging.

Follow the “3 Ways to Prevent Crows from Scavenging.”

You also need to properly handle waste other than kitchen garbage!!
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Crows eat not only kitchen garbage but food left by dogs
or cats, plus abandoned vegetables and fruits in fields.

Let us know when you find a crow’s nest.
Minoh City is removing crows’ nests to limit their population. When you hear their calls nearby,or see them flying with a tree branch in their beaks, they may be making nests on trees or utilitypoles.
Contact the Environment and Animal Division if you know or suspect a nest.
Places where crows make nests

Crows’ nests are constructed from branches
and twigs on trees or utility poles on thestreet more than five meters above theground, so are hard to spot.

When crows scare off or attack you, they may have their nests or be breeding
their young nearby.

Wire hangers or
pet hair may also
be used for crows’ nests!

l Don’t leave wire hangers
on the balcony.
l Clean the loose hairfrom pets.

Get rid of anything thatmight beused as material for crows’ nests.

Get away immediately and contact the Environment and Animal Division.

Contact

Environment and Animal Division

Environment and City Planning Department, Minoh City

(７２４・７０３９ 6７２３・５５８１