SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Helium balloons are an easy and inexpensive way to make someone smile, but when balloons escape human hands and make their way into the sky they become a part of something much larger than a city. They become part of a global problem.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serve has dedicated an entire page of its website to this subject, and there are reasons why the U.S. Government has become so serious about ending balloon releases.
Have you ever wondered why we're told we should not release helium balloons? Because here's the answer to that question:
Is the death of a creature you've never seen worth a few minutes of fun you have while watching balloons drift out of sight?
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