Update: Goose Roundup, Day 3
Update: NY Times blog article: Dozens Protest Killing of Geese
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Even though Geese Involved In Hudson River Plane Crash Were Migratory, NYC will be killing thousands of resident geese. I don't know if avicide squads will go to Canada to kill relatives of offenders. Click here to view news links.
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Even though Geese Involved In Hudson River Plane Crash Were Migratory, NYC will be killing thousands of resident geese. I don't know if avicide squads will go to Canada to kill relatives of offenders. Click here to view news links. There is information re how to contact Mayor Bloomberg and the USDA contained in the anti-killing petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-nys-goose-gassing-plan.
There is a protest planned for June 16th, 2009 from 12 noon to 2PM at Port Authority Headquarters PROTEST ON TUESDAY.JUNE 16TH RE SLAUGHTER OF OVER 2,000 CANADIAN GEESE. Port Authority Headquarters is at 225 Park Avenue South (between 18th and 19th St.)
For background on the Canada Goose Branta canadensis, this is a link to NY Department of Environmental Conservation: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/34434.html
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From: New York Bird Club <bestbirdclub@yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 12, 2009 5:24 PM
Subject: Killing Geese
From: New York Bird Club <bestbirdclub@yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 12, 2009 5:24 PM
Subject: Killing Geese
To view the thread go to:
http://forums.manhattanbirdclub.com/post?id=3523147
On the news tonight they stated that tomorrow they will be collecting the geese within 5 miles of the airports and that they will be easy to catch because they are in molting and they will gas them all. They plan to kill thousands of geese. Can't anything be done?
http://forums.manhattanbirdclub.com/post?id=3523147
On the news tonight they stated that tomorrow they will be collecting the geese within 5 miles of the airports and that they will be easy to catch because they are in molting and they will gas them all. They plan to kill thousands of geese. Can't anything be done?
