I've heard that as well but have no first hand info. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/30/2011 10:30 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> 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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