San Francisco metro system hires bird of prey to scare pigeons away
- 11-Aug-2022
Metro system riders in California’s San Francisco Bay Area may have noticed a new station guard scaring Pigeons in recent months. A 5-year-old Harris’s hawk named Pac-Man has taken up the perch at El Cerrito del Norte station, where he’s on the lookout – not for fare evaders, but pigeons. Ricky Ortiz, a falconer with […]
Belgian biscuit maker recalls products amid contaminated eggs scare
- 22-Aug-2017
BRUSSELS: Belgian biscuit maker Lotus Bakeries said it had recalled some of its products in Belgium as they could contain eggs that were contaminated with insecticide fipronil. Lotus said it withdrew products such as Madeleine cakes and frangipane waffles from supermarket shelves in Belgium as a precautionary measure, after it found traces of fipronil in […]