Reading this literally makes me sick.
I love Geese. They are amazing creatures. They mate for life. They are
intelligent.
Sure, some people will complain that they crap all over the place, and they get
in the way
of traffic and things like that.
But they are part of our world.
There are many other methods of control that could've been used rather then
killing them.
Disgusting.
Jack
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Amy Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> As I'm sure many of us read in the Coaster, about 2 weeks ago the town of
> Interlaken rounded up, transported, and gassed about 75 geese that hung
> around Deal Lake (http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/?p=674). While my initial
> research shows that what the town did is technically legal, part of the
> problem is the implementation of the law.
>
> Essentially a town can apply to the US Fish & Wildlife Service to kill
> their geese, but they must say that they have tried other methods to get rid
> of the geese and the methods have been unsuccessful. No one verifies this
> process. The USDA takes the word of the town and sends a representative out
> to inspect the land. If there are a lot of geese, a permit is given to round
> them up and kill them.
>
> After the geese are killed, the town is not required to implement a plan to
> ensure that the geese do not come back. Deterrents for the geese include
> vegetation, small fences, and the biggest deterrent is a no-feeding
> ordinance. Interlaken has done none of these simple and humane measures.
>
> A group of Asbury Park residents are going to Interlaken's City Council
> meeting (yes, the tiny block town of Interlaken has a City Hall)
> on Wednesday Aug 2, 2006 at 7:30, if anyone on this list would like to join
> us. A representative from the SPCA and Betty Butler, who filed a lawsuit in
> Union County about a similar incident, are expected to speak. The address is
> 100 Grassmere Ave (
> http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=100+Grassmere+Ave,+Interlaken,+NJ). We
> are hoping to get a crowd there in order to communicate to the City Council
> that there are other methods of dealing with the geese problem. If anyone
> wants more information or has information that is pertinent to this issue,
> please email me privately.
>
> Amy Quinn
>
> PS Belmar has been very successful in dealing with their geese problem by
> using non-lethal methods in conjunction with Geese Peace (
> http://www.geesepeace.org/).
>
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