According to a document from the website of
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) titled
"Table G. Animals Taken by Wildlife Services - FY 2009"; more than 4 million animals of different species were killed by Wildlife Services. Animals species with the highest kill counts were:
| Species | Intentional / Unintentional | Killed / Euthanized |
| Beavers | Intentional | 27,289 |
| Blackbirds, Red-Winged | Intentional | 965,889 |
| Blackbirds, Z-(Mixed Species) | Intentional | 22,276 |
| Cormorants, Double-Crested | Intentional | 17,394 |
| Cowbirds, Brown-Headed | Intentional | 1,046,109 |
| Coyotes | Intentional | 81,684 |
| Crows, American | Intentional | 10,578 |
| Doves, Mourning | Intentional | 16,912 |
| Doves, Spotted | Intentional | 15,035 |
| Doves, Zebra | Intentional | 19,694 |
| Frogs, Common Coqui | Intentional | 11,900 |
| Geese, Canada | Intentional | 24,519 |
| Grackles, Common | Intentional | 93,210 |
| Grackles, Great-Tailed | Intentional | 16,414 |
| Mannikins, Chestnut | Intentional | 41,794 |
| Mannikins, Nutmeg | Intentional | 25,196 |
| Pigeons, Feral (Rock) | Intentional | 96,297 |
| Pikeminnows, Northern | Intentional | 57,412 |
| Prairie Dogs, Black-Tailed | Intentional | 10,617 |
| Rabbits, Cottontail | Intentional | 6,689 |
| Raccoons | Intentional | 12,451 |
| Skunks, Striped | Intentional | 8,164 |
| Snakes, Brown Tree | Intentional | 14,949 |
| Sparrows, House/English | Intentional | 6,297 |
| Sparrows, Java | Intentional | 17,635 |
| Squirrels, Ground, Other | Intentional | 19,354 |
| Starlings, European | Intentional | 1,259,714 |
| Swine, Feral | Intentional | 33,756 |
| Grand Totals | All Fate Types | 4,120,295 |
Common sense says if these animals were as revered in our culture as the Bald Eagle the results would be different:
| Species | Intentional / Unintentional | Killed / Euthanized |
| Eagles, Bald | UnIntentional | 1 |
