State Plans to Eliminate 170,000 Canada Geese

[Stuart G]

July 23, 2010, 11:32 am
State Plans to Eliminate 170,000 Canada Geese
By ISOLDE RAFTERY



http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/state-plans-to-eliminate-170000-canada-geese/?hp

It’s a doomsday plan for New York’s geese.

A nine-page report put together by a variety of national, state and city agencies shows that officials hope to reduce the number of Canada geese in New York to 85,000 from 250,000.

That means that roughly 170,000 geese — two-thirds of the population — will be killed.

The nearly 400 geese gassed to death this month after being rounded up in Prospect Park in Brooklyn — as well as an unknown number of other geese killed in New York City in recent weeks — were but a small part of the ambitious overall goal outlined in the document, which was obtained by City Room.

[HockeyMom]

1. Would they rather have oiled pelicans?

Get your priorities straight.

[Ross K]

2. Hey, those geese are taking jobs from AMERICAN birds!!!

[Curmudgeoness]

3. Oh yeah, let's kill them for being great parents and loving manicured grass.

They do that here in PA too, parks get overrun by them and instead of leaving a border of tall, uncut grass around water (lakes, ponds, etc.) that would discourage the geese from hanging around, they kill the geese. Gads.

[izquierdista]

4. "Euthanized geese would be buried"

Wouldn't want to have any poor people enjoying a nice dinner, would we?

[doc03]

5. Have you ever ate a Canadian goose? I have and believe

me it ain't no gourmet dinner.