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Vultures Are Turning American Neighborhoods Into Their Personal Toilets

Don’t mess with them unless you want to pay $15,000.

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A flock of vultures moving into the neighborhood sounds like a bad omen. For a growing number of homeowners across the United States, it’s just a normal day.

Black vultures have been expanding their range north for years, and the result is showing up on driveways, windshields, and rooftops in the form of droppings that residents describe as foul-smelling and corrosive over time, as the Wall Street Journal reports. Hillsborough, North Carolina, has become something of an epicenter, with complaints piling up from people who never signed up to live next to........

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