DOVES MAY PACK REVEALING HARDWARE.(Sports)

From: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) | Date: August 27, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Steve Vantreese For the Associated Press

PADUCAH -- Some mourning doves taken by Kentucky hunters when the season begins Sept. 1 probably will have identities and backgrounds on file with a federal agency.

No, these doves aren't in the witness protection program. Instead, they are birds that have been tagged as part of a three-year nationwide survey on mourning doves. More than 85,000 doves are expected to be captured and fitted with tiny U.S. Fish and...

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