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07/24/10

From New York Times (and me)

 

Officials Plan to Eliminate 170,000 Canada Geese in New York

 

By ISOLDE RAFTERY

A nine-page report put together by a variety of national, state and city agencies shows that officials hope to eventually reduce the number of Canada geese in New York to 85,000 from 250,000.

That means that roughly 170,000 non-aryan geese — two-thirds of the state’s population — would be eliminated, whether through gassing by the authorities, hunting or birth control.

The nearly 400 geese gassed to death this month after being rounded up in Prospect Park in Brooklyn — as well as an unknown number of other geese killed in New York City in recent weeks — were but a small part of the ambitious overall goal outlined in the document, which was obtained by City Room.

“The state of New York has close to 250,000 resident Canada geese, which is more than three times the state’s population goal of 85,000,” the report states.

 

"THEY CAME FIRST for the geese,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a goose..."