Hunters who see an off-color dove this shooting season should report it at once to the nearest wildlife authorities. It will not be a new species, just an ordinary, greyish-brown mourning dove that has been trapped and dipped in a tray of dye.
Last year Florida dyed 157 doves bright yellow. Some of them traveled 450 airline miles in six days, and were reported by baffled hunters as a cross "between doves and canaries." (Florida also dyes squirrels blue, and paints the backsides of deer with dye.) This year five Southern states will dye doves, each state using a different dye. Wildlife...
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