Post by Beaus_Dad on Jun 12, 2009 10:55:47 GMT -5
New York to cull 2,000 Canada geese
By David B. Caruso, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - New York City plans to trap and kill as many as 2,000 Canada geese this summer in an attempt to avoid the type of collision that caused an airliner to ditch in the Hudson River.
The hunt will take place on dozens of city properties within eight kilometres of Kennedy and LaGuardia airports.
Aviation officials have culled bird flocks on airport property for years, but this will mark a major expansion of the effort into other parts of the city.
The roundup is being timed with the molting season, when the geese can't fly.
It is scheduled to begin within a week.
The birds will be gassed.
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Is it just me or does anyone else object to the word "HUNT" as it states "The hunt will take place on dozens of city properties"
Its a cull/slaughter but definitely not a hunt.
By David B. Caruso, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - New York City plans to trap and kill as many as 2,000 Canada geese this summer in an attempt to avoid the type of collision that caused an airliner to ditch in the Hudson River.
The hunt will take place on dozens of city properties within eight kilometres of Kennedy and LaGuardia airports.
Aviation officials have culled bird flocks on airport property for years, but this will mark a major expansion of the effort into other parts of the city.
The roundup is being timed with the molting season, when the geese can't fly.
It is scheduled to begin within a week.
The birds will be gassed.
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Is it just me or does anyone else object to the word "HUNT" as it states "The hunt will take place on dozens of city properties"
Its a cull/slaughter but definitely not a hunt.
