With cities and town providing ideal feeding grounds all year long, a lot of them no longer migrate.
Geese are an annoyance, sometimes. They poop a lot, which has been linked to contamination of some water sources. There’s also the possibility that geese can transmit disease, though that seems to be a relatively minor concern. Mostly, for parks administrators, the birds are extremely annoying. They poop everywhere, and don’t scare easily. They can also be very aggressive, especially around their nests.
I remember playing golf at Lake Tahoe one time. The damned geese were so aggressive that it took forever to play the round. Some golfers complained that the birds would scoop of their golf balls and stick them in their nests; No way you were going to get them out.
Culling is a common solution. But the city of Denver announced that its cull of urban geese—2,200 in total—will be processed and donated to the hungry. This strategy has been used with other overpopulated species as well, like white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania. But is Canada goose any good to eat?
Cook ‘em right and they can be delicious.
Wonder why other cities aren’t doing this.
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