NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Animal rights activists are in court trying to stop the United Illuminating Co. from killing monk parakeets that nest on utility poles.
The long-running battle has landed in New Haven Superior Court. United Illuminating wants a judge to declare Connecticut’s monk parakeet population a threat to public health and safety.
It says dozens of power outages have been linked to the nests and that the most effective solution is to capture and kill the birds.
The Darien-based Friends of Animals Inc., which brought the lawsuit against UI more than two years ago, wants an injunction to permanently halt the eradication. It endorses a plan to build man-made nesting platforms.
, which United Illuminating criticizes as ineffective.
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