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Dozens Gather For Memorial Service For 144 Geese Euthanized By County
CBS Charlotte ^ | 07-07-2013

Posted on 07/07/2013 8:53:32 PM PDT by Kevin in California

Dozens of people have gathered in a Gaston County park for a memorial service for 144 Canadian geese that were euthanized by county workers worried they had become a health hazard.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: canadiangeese; geese; geesekilled; government
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Just when you think you've heard it all, there's this.
1 posted on 07/07/2013 8:53:32 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: Kevin in California

The geese were geessed. It was either the geese funeral or the road kill wake.(Some people have way too much time on their hands.)


2 posted on 07/07/2013 8:57:25 PM PDT by lbryce (BHO:"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds by way Oppenheimer at Trinity NM)
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To: Kevin in California

Can’t have wild geese running around wild.

It’s bad for the man-created ecology.


3 posted on 07/07/2013 9:01:03 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.)
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To: Kevin in California

Canada Goose = flying rat


4 posted on 07/07/2013 9:01:35 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Kevin in California
They were NOT "euthanized" -- they were killed. Geese droppings are "health hazard", but homeless people and "Occupy" movement's participants defecating in parks is OK.

"The geese lived in Gaston County Park in Dallas for a decade, but county officials said the flock had grown so large that their droppings were a health hazard. So workers gathered up the birds last month and were killed with poison gas.

It wasn't unusual. In 2012, federal officials issued euthanasia permits for nearly 25,000 Canada geese in 46 states."

5 posted on 07/07/2013 9:03:30 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Kevin in California

You have to see the amount of damage even a small flock of Canadian Geese can do to understand why this was done.


6 posted on 07/07/2013 9:04:34 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
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To: Kevin in California
liberals will mourn the loss of most any life as long as it's not the life of an unborn human.

Dozens attend memorial for bees killed by insecticide

7 posted on 07/07/2013 9:04:47 PM PDT by South40
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To: Kevin in California

That’s a lot of wasted meat. Government wisdom.


8 posted on 07/07/2013 9:05:25 PM PDT by lurk
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To: Kevin in California

I have no problem with this.


9 posted on 07/07/2013 9:07:44 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: Vince Ferrer
What are you talking about -- they are beautiful birds:

Pictures from "All About Birds" website

10 posted on 07/07/2013 9:08:27 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Kevin in California

Why not pluck them, season them and cook them. Have a bar-b-Que.


11 posted on 07/07/2013 9:09:35 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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I was thinking the same thing. Hang the bird for a couple of days before plucking and then roast that bad boy up!


12 posted on 07/07/2013 9:12:45 PM PDT by DemforBush (Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!)
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To: Innovative

I’ll grant that, but once they settle on an area, they will produce so many droppings that it becomes a health issue. Pretty pictures of flying geese don’t usually include the crap filled ground beneath them. And they tend to take over places within cities that people use, like golf courses and parks.


13 posted on 07/07/2013 9:12:52 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Innovative

What are you talking about — they are beautiful birds:

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

True, but while they are beautiful to look at, they are a huge annoyance, even scary, and downright dangerous at times (ask any pilot).

They are indeed rats with wings,

as deer are rats with antlers,

as squirrels are rats with beautiful tails.


14 posted on 07/07/2013 9:13:41 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: NonValueAdded

No, I understand the gassing of the geese...my point in posting this article was the loons that showed up for a memorial.


15 posted on 07/07/2013 9:14:57 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: South40

>> liberals will mourn the loss of most any life as long as it’s not the life of an unborn human.

bttt


16 posted on 07/07/2013 9:15:00 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Kevin in California

144 geese?

Gross.

8^)


17 posted on 07/07/2013 9:15:34 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Kevin in California

‘kay. I like loons ... but only the ones with wings.


18 posted on 07/07/2013 9:17:40 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
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To: Eccl 10:2

“as deer are rats with antlers,”

Then people are rats without any redeeming features...


19 posted on 07/07/2013 9:18:03 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

Ever try having a nice day in the park with a flock of those around? Or try going for a walk near a source of water without looking down.


20 posted on 07/07/2013 9:21:18 PM PDT by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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