1/2 >It's a clear day, perfect for flying. >Holding steady 70% throttle, cruising at 700ft. >Your radio crackles. >"Air unit, we have a herd in sector 3-A, heading west." >Check your map. "Copy ground, I'll be there in 6 minutes." >Bank right until you have your compass heading. >Level out, bring the throttle up to 85%. >In minutes you see your multi-colored target. >Yep...fluffy pony herd slowly moving west. >Drop down, scrubbing altitude & speed. >Level off at 100ft, yaw into the wind with your rudder. >3...2...1... >Hit the button, deploy spray. >Perfect run.  Loop around for another pass. >You're low enough to see the fluffies panicking. >Line up...spray them a second time. >Make a third pass, no poison this time. >Just looking. >The herd has stopped moving. >You see thrashing, chaos down below. >You got 'em. "Ground, this is air unit.  Fluffy ponies in sector 3-A dusted." >"Copy air unit, good work." "Returning to base to re-fill poison tanks."   >You see the air unit circle once then head back to base. >Hop in your pickup truck and drive down into the valley. >This fluffy herd was at least 130 adult animals. >Before you had these cropduster planes that would have been a big problem. >Now the fluffy ponies don't have a chance.   2/2 >Hop out of the truck. >Fluffies are mostly dead already. >The survivors are coughing up blood, squealing and crying. >A few stumble around, blinded by the poison. >They won't last long. >One single fluffy foal clings to its dead momma's fluff. >She shielded her baby from the poison. >Now he's alone, crying in terror. "Why mummy nu move? Whaaa!" >Walk over. >"Mista pwease hewp! Mummy huwt! Fwuffy scawed!" >Pick fluffy foal up by the back legs. >Swing it hard, whack it against the bumper of your truck. >Tough little bugger, it takes 4 whacks. >Foal squeals and shrieks in pain. >Finally dead.  It goes in the bag first. >You walk the field collecting fluffies, alive and dead. >Some look up at you, scared, in agony, desperate for help. >If the poison doesn't kill them they'll suffocate in the bags. >You really should have help cleaning this up. >But budgets are tight...the state can't afford extra staff. >At least it's easier now that you've started spraying fluffies from the air. >Finally got 'em all bagged up. >Lift the big black bags into the back of your truck. >You can see a few live ones still squirming. >Crying and whimpering from inside the bag. >If they're still alive by the time you reach base camp the incinerator will take care of them. >It's not a bad job. >You get to work outside and help nature get rid of these pests. >And there's always more fluffy ponies to eliminate.