Unsanctioned Goose Slaughter In Garden State

While the Brooklyn Paper rightfully calls the recent mass-slaughter of Canada geese in Prospect Park a cruel and inhumane massacre, at least it wasn't a mysterious murder scene. The geese were killed last Thursday in a gas chamber in an ongoing effort to rid the skies of the winged terrors, lest there be another emergency landing in the Hudson.

Meanwhile, over in New Jersey, 18 Canada geese were found beaten and shot in the head! According to a 1010Wins source, it "appeared many of the geese were chased from the retention pond into an adjoining parking lot, where they were killed." Reportedly, anyone charged with killing the geese faces a 3rd degree cruelty to animals charge, a penalty of up to $15,000 in fines and 3 to 5 years imprisonment.

Sort of makes it seem unfair that the U.S. Department of Agriculture—who also euthanized 133 geese in a nearby NJ town—is getting off scot free.

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By Jen Carlson in News on July 14, 2010 6:36 PM

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NewHCE

Question for those "outraged" by this. Are you also opposed to transit authorities efforts to kill rats?

"local" geese are NOT a natural part of the ecosystem.

NewHCE

What is the matter with shooting a goose? Pluck'em.

AndrewODonnell

My apologies, getting my Jens mixed up again.

AndrewODonnell

People I'm sorry, but where in this story did Jen Chung make an attempt at humor? I've read the article three times now, what am I missing? Is it the exclamation point, the photo? Please advise.

Thanks.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

I really hope they find this person, It has to be someone who is in the vicinity often and found them to be a nuisance. I hope they find this person and beat him hard.

Dan

I am all for killing the geese, they are annoying and cause a safety hazard.

Dead Himmler

Thanks youngpro for the good times. Lets do it again soon. Lol

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

based on that comment, you must be a sad lonely person who has nothing in his/her life

handsomedevil

no he is one of those troles that make the internet a terible place. shame on people the internet is not for lieing

youngpro

no, the goose started it. i may be a girl, but hell if i cant wield a knife.

and dead himmler was right- they really DO hiss at you when they want to defend themselves. it's hard to hiss when you have no trachea though, much less strong enough longs undamaged by a few kick by a stiletto.

handsomedevil

no way she is a teribul person

justthinkin

Spell check your headline, please. Both situations are brutal, regardless of the methods employed.

SFOtoJFK

Sometimes you people just suck. Killing animals also sucks but hey, go ahead and make a half ass funny about it. If you did not realize, there is a big difference between euthanizing geese and BEATING AND SHOOTING THEM IN THEIR HEADS.

Ms. Carlson is your idiot of the day!

Guest

eh, i think ms. carlson -- being an animal lover herself -- took a lot to lighten this up to write this article. afterall, you don't want a journalist going absolutely insane everytime something bad happens; well, at least i don't.

actually, there's a commenter who does just that here whenever there's a horrible animal story. he's entrusted with going batshit insane, so jen doesn't have to.