I guess they don't taste good?
On 30 December 2011 16:23, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> They're not hunted in the US (at least in the east) because they are
> protected by a treaty between the US and Canada regarding the Atlantic
> Flyway <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Flyway>
>
> Canada geese use this migration route and, at the time the treaty was
> written, they were almost completely migratory. Over the years,
> however, many flocks have taken up permanent residence along the flyway
> including even some of the more northern parts. These geese eat grass
> and are the pest animals that make a mess of golf courses, school yards
> and other places having a large grass area. Walking across such areas
> can be like trying to step through a mine field.
>
> It's known that the treaty should be modified to recognize the problems
> caused by the non-migratory flocks but nothing seems to be being done.
> I think the problem is how to definitively define a given flock as
> non-migratory. I don't think it should matter. They are anything but
> an endangered species. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 12/30/2011 8:19 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> > Interesting to read about Canada geese being a bother. They are an very
> > attractive bird.
> > New Zealand also has them, they were introduced as a game = hunting bird.
> > Now they have run foul of farmers, who have had the law changed to have
> > them legally made a pest. They could be on the way to extermination here.
> > Farmers also organised that for the English rook, which I always liked.
> They
> > just might have been all killed out this spring.
> >
> > Re: the Pitts; I did notice how clean and well-maintained it seemed to
> be.
> >
> > Brian Swale.
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