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The roundup of Canada geese around NYC airports is now nearly halfway complete with a total of 800 having been trapped and gassed. Operation "Goose-Be-Gone" has now removed geese from 15 of the 40 sites within 5 miles of Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports that is expected to kill around 2,000 birds. However one wildlife expert told the Queens Tribute that the city's removal program is only skimming the surface. Dr. Steven Graber said, “They’re definitely on the right track. They’re finally doing what they’ve been supposed to have been doing this entire time. However, they’re forgetting about 90 percent of the property and 90 percent of the problem.” A spokesman for the mayor's office disputed that saying, “In the City, there isn’t much open space that isn’t city owned." The Times had more pictures of the geese being rounded up earlier in the week at Randalls Island.
800 Geese Down, But Is This Just the Tip of the Iceberg?
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I hear they hand out bars of soap and towels to the geese before they gas 'em.
I was amazed by what I saw in Flushing Meadows Park this week while out on my bike -- meaning what I didn't see. Almost all the geese were gone. Just gone.
I thought this was a Canada Geese round up. I noticed most of the Brant Geese were gone, too. They're a lot smaller, and a lot less dedicated to...reproduction.
The ducks were left alone. I have a couple favorites, and they were OK.
They shoulda looked into more humane alternatives first, IMO. But OK, if they had to kill all these geese, I have no idea why they couldn't use the meat to feed the homeless, the feathers to use for pillows/blankets???
What an incredible waste. For real.
Does anyone know what they're doing with the corpses?
Maybe felixthecat knows. He's been on top of this story from the beginning.
I don't know, but I hear Al Sharpton is planning the largest Thanksgiving turkey giveaway in NYC history.
And he gives out enough of them he might be our next governor.
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