Mayor Bloomberg: End the War on NYC’s Canada Geese
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Mayor Bloomberg: End the War on NYC’s Canada Geese!
Background | From Change
The USDA recently released its 2011 report for Canada Geese removal from NYC parks and golf courses in areas surrounding the three major airports. The plan? – To halve the Canada Geese population from 1.1 million to 650,000 along 17 Atlantic States.
This year it is tallied that 575 geese and their innocent goslings were rounded up in and around the NYC area and stuffed into turkey crates to make the long trek in unbearable heat, to an undisclosed poultry slaughter house. From there they were to be “donated to food banks. Officials feel that by whitewashing the issue and trying to turn a tragic situation into a charitable one will make the killings more palatable. Nothing could be further from the truth as many food banks declined the offers due to the liability and threat of contamination.
Since the landing of US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson, over 2800 resident Canada Geese and their innocent goslings have been slaughtered in the NYC area in the name of aviation safety. The fact is killing Canada Geese does nothing to improve airline safety. NYC is situated on the Atlantic Flyway, a major migration route for millions of birds. You cannot stop thousands of years of evolution. Secondly, most airline crashes stem from pilot error, weather conditions or technical malfunctions. Thirdly, the geese they are killing are resident geese.
The USDA aims to continue this killing spree within 7 miles of all airports citing not only aviation safety BUT boasting that it “benefits” the added value of reducing damage to NYC’s public properties due to fecal droppings.
As referenced by the Coalition to Prevent the Destruction of Canada Geese- the basis of the argument is that Canada geese must be killed because goose droppings contain human pathogens (disease-causing bacteria). As has been pointed out in the literature by Weiner, et al. (Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Aug. 1979, p. 258), and at a public presentation in Rockland County, New York (Sept. 22, 1993), by Dr. Milton Friend, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Waterfowl Infectious Disease Specialist, Canada geese are not carriers of microorganisms (pathogens) that significantly threaten public health.
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bloomberg, i guess you have not looked, we are not amused and your goose is cooked:(
Karen Lyons Kalmenson
Our Compass 
bloomberg, i guess you have not looked, we are not amused and your goose is cooked:(
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