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5,638.
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That is the number of Canada geese snuffed out in New York City since 2009 at a cost of hundreds of thousands of tax dollars.
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But, what was it all for?
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According to the USDA Wildlife Services' own report, the number of airline strikes with Canada geese has remained virtually unchanged over the past five years despite the mass carnage and squandering of tax dollars.
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USDA WS attempts to justify the massacres by claiming parts of the geese are fed to hungry people.
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But, although a Canada goose typically weighs around 12 pounds, less than a pound of meat per bird was and is actually donated.
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And of this, WS writes:
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"The breast tissue of resident Canada geese was determined safe to eat. The greatest risk identified from eating goose breast was from non-toxic steel shot being imbedded in breast tissue and someone biting down on shot which might damage a tooth."
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Well, what could be more delectable when eating than to chomp down on some steel shot and possibly breaking a tooth?
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Surely, the people must be lining up for this gourmet treat!
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Wildlife Services bases the so-called public desire for goose meat on some comments posted on a New York Times blog article following the gassing of 368 geese from Prospect Park in 2010.
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But, they conveniently overlooked hundreds of public comments (to the same site) condemning the goose slaughters in Prospect Park outright.
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Talk about seeing only what one wants to and twisting that around to fit whatever cruel, pointless and "make work" agenda one is touting.
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One has to hand it to Martin Lowney and the rest of his cronies at Wildlife Services for PR "spin" that would rival any of that from AMC's fictional "Mad Men."
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Over the years, they have successfully manipulated the public and the press to believe that Canada geese were the menace of the skies and pollutants of the waters and that the only way to perennial bliss and "airline safety" was to embark on a mass killing campaign of these otherwise peaceful and majestic birds.
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But, the pathetic reality is that even when a airliner goes down in the water (due to non-bird issues) we cannot find it for all the other "debris" we have wantonly dumped in our oceans over the decades.
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Perhaps we can blame that on the geese, too?
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Yes, Martin Lowney and WS are the true masters of Mad Men spin.
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Who else could get away with dressing up mass wildlife massacres as "euthanasia" and "feeding the poor" with teeth crunching steel shot? -- PCA
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1 comment:
The USDA/WS is also lying about humanely feeding the geese they slaughter to human beings. Because most geese eat grass that is contaminated with insecticides from golf courses, apartment complexes, parks etc., the meat cannot be used for human consumption. They are just trying to justify the killing by pretending to add a humane element to their cruel acts. It would cost the Dept. of agriculture around $100.00 per goose to do the inspection necessary to determine whether or not the meat was safe for human consumption and we know the USDA/WS aren't going to do that so they just continue to lie to the public hoping that no one will be the wiser. These men are without morals or ethics what-so-ever and care about nothing except lining their pockets with blood money from the taxpayers. It's way past time to put an end to the horrific actions of this evil organization and I send my thanks to everyone that's trying to make this happen.
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