Post by retnuhreed on Sept 13, 2006 20:46:54 GMT -5
Sep 13, 2006 1:24 pm US/Eastern
Feds Make It Easier To Get Rid Of Geese
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK New federal regulations make it easier for local towns and counties get rid of the Canada geese, which have become a nuisance at parks, golf courses and other open spaces. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it is relaxing the regulations covering Migratory Birds.
Towns and counties will be able to kill Canada geese and destroy the nests of geese that take up residency in a local area.
The geese cause poop pollution in parks and golf courses, and they foul small lakes and ponds with their droppings.
Animal activists oppose any rules that allow the geese to be killed.
Communities across Long Island, Westchester and Rockland counties have tried various techniques to get rid of the Canada geese.
Those techniques include, addling eggs so they don't hatch. Spraying a foul tasting substance on the grass so the geese won't graze. Having dogs chase the geese. Having loud sound devices periodically go off where the geese gather. And rounding up the geese and giving them to a food processing plant -- so the meat could be given to food pantries and homeless shelters.
Feds Make It Easier To Get Rid Of Geese
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK New federal regulations make it easier for local towns and counties get rid of the Canada geese, which have become a nuisance at parks, golf courses and other open spaces. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it is relaxing the regulations covering Migratory Birds.
Towns and counties will be able to kill Canada geese and destroy the nests of geese that take up residency in a local area.
The geese cause poop pollution in parks and golf courses, and they foul small lakes and ponds with their droppings.
Animal activists oppose any rules that allow the geese to be killed.
Communities across Long Island, Westchester and Rockland counties have tried various techniques to get rid of the Canada geese.
Those techniques include, addling eggs so they don't hatch. Spraying a foul tasting substance on the grass so the geese won't graze. Having dogs chase the geese. Having loud sound devices periodically go off where the geese gather. And rounding up the geese and giving them to a food processing plant -- so the meat could be given to food pantries and homeless shelters.
