From: Channel 5, KPIX
Posted: 4/29/02

06-04-2001
Berkeley Tries Squirrel Birth Control

The PIXPage Staff

There's a population boom in Berkeley and it's driving some health officials a little nuts.

Masses of squirrels are taking up residence at the Berkeley Marina, and county officials say the critters are causing environmental and health problems. So in the next several weeks, they'll give the squirrels drugs to reduce their sex drive, and temporarily sterilize them.

The project won't cost anything because officials will use experimental drug donated by the USDA.

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