[Diddle E. Squat]

Instead of killing birds, opponents including the Humane Society of the United States and PAWS advocate spraying goose eggs — or addling them — with vegetable or mineral oil, which kills the embryos when air can't get through the eggshell.

Ah yes, once again abortion is the humane solution...

[Diddle E. Squat]

said Bob Chorush of ,b>Give Geese a Chance.

I can just hear John Lenin singing now...

BTW, why not donate the geese to shelters to be cooked and served as food? So what if the homeless started whining about goose like the kid did about turkey in 'A Christmas Story' ("Goose this, goose that, goose sandwiches, goose soup, goose casserole, goose goulache,...), beggars can't be choosers.

[gridlock]

Instead of killing birds, opponents including the Humane Society of the United States and PAWS advocate spraying goose eggs — or addling them — with vegetable or mineral oil, which kills the embryos when air can't get through the eggshell.

Since the egg is no longer part of the mother goose, would this be analagous to abortion or infanticide?

As far as geese are concerned, I find that if you just chase them away once a day, consistently, they will find someplace else to live. The industrial area where I work used to have about 200 geese year-round. I started getting them up into the air ever morning just after I got to work, and after about two months of this, I no longer have any geese to chase.

Sure I looked a little silly doing it, but it was good exersize for me, and the grass looks great this Spring, with no goose poop at all.

[festus]

You beat me to it...........