The man who had hundreds of Canada geese killed in Clarkstown,
NY has been traveling around NY and NJ to encourage towns to use
him as a model. If they did, of course, they'd look as terrible
and foolish as he did, but that's not stopping him; we all know
that misery loves company. To get other supervisors to buy into
his killing scheme, Holbrook took his dog and pony show on the
road (his expression for our non-lethal presentations) and trotted
down to NYC with the regional director of Wildlife Services (notorious
killers of the nation's wildlife). They were off to convince supervisors
who were attending a conference of NYS Town Supervisors to kill
geese. As Wildlife Services gave their presentation, Holbrook sat
in the back yelling out "kill 'em".
Wildlife Watch and the Coalition to Prevent the Destruction
of Canada Geese showed up at the Town meeting and presented the
supervisors with our non-lethal program, along with a handout that
portrayed Holbrook as the mean-spirited fool he is. Killing doesn't
work, humane methods do, it's that simple. Holbrook had no takers.
TOWN SUPERVISORS USE NON-LETHAL TECHNIQUES
OF GOOSE DISSUASION
Monroe, which is a town that has expressed having problems
with Canada geese, is excited about plastic "dead" Canada
geese being placed around the parks to frighten the real geese
into leaving. Apparently it has had great success in Ontario and
in Ohio. The supervisor is so afraid that he'll catch heck from
animal rights folks that he's concerned about leaving plastic models
of dead geese on the grass, thinking that people will think they're
real. His is putting them on the pond instead. That would make
us feel better? Oh, well, I don't know about you, but I have little
objection to killed plastic. Let's wish them well. If it fails,
we know of many other non-lethal techniques, and if it works, please
let us know. In Bogota, NJ, they are using decoy foxes and coyotes,
which they say are working beautifully to keep the geese away.
The company that sells them is A-1.
For more information about Canada Geese contact Dr. Gregg Feigelson,
Chair, Coalition to Prevent the Destruction of Canada Geese ( a
division of Wildlife Watch, Inc.) at: http://www.icu.com/geese/coalition.html Please
get on-line to sign a petition keeping the USFWS from eliminating
restrictions on the killing of Canada Geese. If you do not have
a computer, please contact the Coalition at: Coalition to Protect
Canada Geese (TM) PO Box 917, Pearl River, NY 10965-0917; 914 425-7116
Voice; 914 426-1525 FAX
