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FROM
Hudson Valley News
September 14, 2012
ARDSELY - A closed-door meeting between Westchester County officials and
animal activists took place yesterday at the County Parks Department in
Ardsley to discuss a solution for removing geese from local golf courses.
In July, about 500 geese from the Sprain Lake Golf Course were shipped
upstate and killed. The county says their unwanted droppings create a health
risk. "The population of the area was exponentially growing year after year,
and also they weren't migrating from that location," says Peter Tartaglia,
of the Westchester Parks Department.
Animal rights groups say the geese didn't have to die and instead, they
could have been forced to migrate. "Border collies are [an] excellent way of
dissuading geese, they follow them around until they leave," says Anne
Muller, from the League of Humane Voters.
The animal rights group says the fact that the Parks Department was willing
to discuss non-lethal methods for the future is a step in the right
direction.Geese from WC golf course made into burgers to feed the
hungryAnimal activists cry foul following mass geese euthanasiaWC Parks
Dept. guts gross geese residue.
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