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[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago

TIL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 month ago

Although the sparrow campaign ended in disaster, the other three anti-pest campaigns may have contributed to the improvement in the health statistics in the 1950s.[18]

Seems the birds may have been the only screw up. No harm reported from the mosquitos, flies, and rats.

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