auburn tree poisoning

Suspect arrested in Auburn U. tree poisoning

auburn tree poisoning

Why would anyone kill century-old live oak trees over a football game? It's inexplicable, but somebody apparently has done just that.
The famous pair of live oaks at Toomer's Corner, on the Auburn University campus, have been dealt an almost-certainly lethal dose of herbicide in what appears to have been an act of sports rage.
The oak trees are a landmark on the Auburn campus, where students go to heave toilet paper rolls over the branches to celebrate sports victories.
Late last month,. someone called a nationally syndicated radio talk show host in Birmingham to boast he had dosed the trees with a powerful herbicide. "Al from Dadeville" signed off, saying "Roll Damn Tide," a apparent reference to the University of Alabama "Crimson Tide."
Auburn narrowly defeated Alabama in the 2010 Iron Bowl, the traditional rivalry game between the two schools.