It's goose slaughtering season again! Last year Canada geese were killed all over the city, which particularly upset Brooklyn residents, who lost nearly 400 geese from Prospect Park. This year the Prospect Park geese seem safe, and aren't on the list to be brought to the gas chamber—earlier today waterfowl friend Anne-Katrin Titze sent us the above photo of them "celebrating" the news this morning.
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Canada Geese Slaughter Season Is Upon Us, Will This Year's Fallen Flock Become Dinner?
Food Banks Feel Food Price Pinch
Charitable food banks are also suffering from the recent increases in the cost of food. Last year food banks were being squeezed by the increased demand from the city's hungry, who were finding that rising rents, fuel costs, and transportation costs were limiting the income they had to devote to food. More and more people were turning to New York's charitable food organizations to make ends meet.
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