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New York to gas 2,000 geese to prevent another Hudson river incident
Ah geese... They look so peaceful making their way through your local pond or river, but we all know what can happen when they decide to fly to a different pond or river. After the bird strike of January 15th (really? That long ago?), there has been growing pressure to do something about the large number of Canada Geese around the local airports.
The solution is pretty macabre - authorities will gas them. The extermination will begin in about a week, during the period when the geese shed their feathers preventing them from flying.
A total of 2000 geese are expected to be removed from a 5 mile radius around LaGuardia and Kennedy.
It make me shiver, but then again, so does the thought of sucking a flock of geese into the engine of my plane.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Runsick Jun 12th 2009 2:35PM
"but then again, so does the thought of sucking a flock of geese into the engine of my plane"
...typical american cowboy attitude.
You should be ashamed of saying something like that. I'm a pilot too but I don't think that taking advantage of the animal's seasonal inability to fly in order to choke them to death is the solution. I'm sure there are other ways, but of course... this is the cheapest.
Have you ever thought that "your plane" is flying through THEIR airspace? And that "your" airport was build right next if not over their home?
BobJ Jun 12th 2009 7:30PM
No, I'm not flying though the geese's airspace, silly boy. Who's getting gassed, us or the geese? The logic here is pretty elementary, no?
Richard Jun 12th 2009 4:21PM
geese = urban lice.
runsick Jun 12th 2009 9:41PM
"elementary"
I couldn't put it better...
BobJ Jun 20th 2009 7:45AM
Hey, Runsick,
Maybe you should run healthy, which is what the geese should have done. Read here:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06202009/news/regionalnews/geese_down__800_get_gas_175217.htm