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May 23, 2006
Scotia Moving Forward with Killing Geese
(this article is particularly sad because of the story I posted last Thursday.)
The cries of those trying to save the geese at Collins Lake in Scotia are being drowned out. Village officials have decided to go ahead with a plan to trap and kill Canada geese living at the lake.
It had to be shut down last year after test results showed a large amount of bacteria in the lake caused by geese droppings. The US Department of Agriculture plans on trapping 150 of the birds with nets and gassing them with carbon dioxide by late June.
The culling method will cost the village nearly three-thousand dollars, but it is part of a larger effort to restore the quality of the lake. On top of killing the geese, officials say herbicide will be added to the water to help clean it.
While critics say they are horrified the village is killing the birds rather than using non-lethal methods to scare them off, village officials say this option posed the best chance of success in addressing the problem.
Scotia Mayor Michael McLaughlin says they will consider non-lethal means next year.
Posted by sue at May 23, 2006 09:28 AM