From: Jack Fulton (jefulton1@attbi.com)
Date: 09/10/02-06:39:15 AM Z
I believe in the Seattle-Portland area they killed about 20k and in Reno it
is equally bad. Maybe we're on to something here.
But, if you think that pollution is bad, all major cities but for a very few
(San Francisco is one because all gutter water goes through treatment) have
terrible pollution problems after the first rains when all cat and dog feces
are in the water/gutter mix. The toxic levels in surrounding waters is,
well, dangerous.
Jack
>> As to the geese in Chicago, that problem, too, is a result of population
>> explosion, ours. Used to be the geese had plenty of non-metropolitan
>> places to be; but no more, not for 20 years now. They, too, just want to
>> survive.
>
>
> Actually Pam, those Canadian geese are a serious problem through the east
> as well. My understanding is that it's due to the loss of natural
> predators and the excess of the kind of territory (lawns, cultivated
> waterways) that they thrive on, also laws that prevent human predation.
> The geese population has exploded, and various parks & fields become
> unusable, in fact killed through their excrement.
>
> J.
>
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