From: Pam Niedermayer (pam@pinehill.com)
Date: 09/10/02-07:17:41 AM Z
Yes, I know, lived on the east coast until 3 years ago. How can natural
predators get to geese who live on lawns because they no longer have the
natural habitat? It's truly a vicious circle. Maybe we should start by
allowing golf clubs to whack them?
Pam
Judy Seigel wrote:
>On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Pam Niedermayer wrote:
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>>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.
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>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.
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>J.
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