Disgruntled Customer

The metal strips used to band birds are inscribed: "Notify Fish and Wild Life Service, Washington, D.C." They used to read Washington Biological Survey, abbreviated to "Wash. Biol. Surv." This was changed after an Alberta farmer shot a crow and then disgustedly wrote the U.S. government: "Dear Sirs: I shot one of your pet crows the other day and followed instruction attached to it. It was turrible. You should stop trying to fool the people with things like this...."