Prospect Park Gets More Geese!

Photo via dfhdez's flickr

Just weeks after The Man offed 290 Canada geese in Prospect Park, there are already 37 (and counting) back in their place. It's like a water-drenched, post-midnight snacking scene out of Gremlins! According to the Brooklyn Paper, the newcomers are getting coddled by the locals, who are feeding them and, allegedly, "setting the stage for another population boom next mating season."

One expert told the paper the population won't continue to grow at this rate, and no more gassings for the park's geese are planned for the immediate future. However, an official with the Humane Society points out, “The program kills geese, and then more will fly in—as they have in Prospect Park—and then they’ll have to kill more geese." At this time, the US Department of Agriculture hasn't commented on the fact that Prospect Park is over 7 miles away from the city's airports (and geese were only supposed to be euthanized within that 7 mile radius).

For now, it looks like these birds are safe... until Mayor Bloomberg catches wind of them and channels his inner-Elmer Fudd.

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By Jen Carlson in News on July 28, 2010 1:40 PM

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nik13

Forget government cheese! Gather those geese & turn them into government foie gras. Should be a hit to welfare classes. Next best thing to wagyu beef & arugala.

Guest

and if some people can drink a cup of "cat-poo" coffee for $30, then these canadian geese must be astonishingly palatable for some -- who knows?

camera_club

of course they're back. they are migratory birds coming from beyond the city. they've been stopping by this area for generations and will continue to no matter how many they kill. so pointless and misguided and can we please shut the fuck up about feeding the homeless nasty goose carcasses give me a break people

dr zippy

I don't think geese migrate in mid-July.

camera_club

well they're obviously on the move from somewhere. I know they aren't flying north/south right now but they get around. There are also non-migratory populations but they aren't the ones way up in your airplane's face so why are we slaughtering them?

Jen S

The geese in Jersey heard there was space available in Brooklyn.

Guest

and now we've offended a homeless person -- starvation for dignity!

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

who the fuck is starving in NYC?? Maybe in Korea where they eat dogs??? What the hell are you taking about. the people in NYC do need to starve so their fat asses don't take 3 seats on the train.

Guest

and fyi, real homeless people are not riding on the train. but you wouldn't know, would you? too busy 'helping' animals while you have no idea at all that there're different types of human beings out there?

and you should be out there taking action in public and stop b*itching at people who have no control over this matter, at all. you're just spreading bad feelings here, and nothing more.

now go away -- you smell too much like an asshole.

Guest

hey, philipecan tuilin. i know where you live. ;)

Avaz383

Were those geese at least used to feed new york's homeless or something? That's a lot of good meat!

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

stop with the feeding the homeless crap. There is NO reason to kill the geese and looking at how LARGE people are in this city, no one is going hungry.

youngpro

so let the homeless starve so a few people can die from downed planes?

Guest

funny, i had no intention to hate any animals at all, but i'm beginning to gravitate towards your team, just because of philip's pecan-sized brain and his wacko abilities to make enemies out of thin air. well, he did state once that "humans[sic] all deserve to have this planet blow up in our faces."

sick, dude. just sick.

i guess now the kittens die? sad...

Guest

yeah, but it'd take money to prepare them -- the proper meat needs butter, cream, and so on. and plus, the govt is probably worried about being sued if god forbid someone dies from eating the meat, and insurance... well, y'know, it takes more money.

so it all boils down to money. in my opinion, the govt should have spend 0.0001% of BP's $10 billion tax money to handles these things, but y'now, politicians don't really understand common sense from what i can tell.