New York Times: Metropolitan NYC's urban jungle grows wild
Geese at Prospect Park.
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Brooklynites were fond of feeding the geese that made their home in Prospect Park. So when city officials rounded up and slaughtered more than 400 of the birds three weeks ago, there was an outcry of anger from the community and activists.
"The recent cull at Prospect Park included nearly 100 percent of the geese in that area; essentially, this population was managed into extinction," the New York City Audubon Society said in a complaint letter. "NYC Audubon strongly disagrees with that decision."
The city made no apologies, insisting that travelers using the two airports nearby came first. The January 2009 crash landing of a U.S. Airways flight into the Hudson River — brought down after a flock of Canada geese was sucked into both engines — showed how dangerous even these seemingly innocuous creatures could be, they said.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 8/16/2010 1:00 PM 
Categories: Wildlife
Tags: geese canada geese prospect park new york city audubon society
Categories: Wildlife
Tags: geese canada geese prospect park new york city audubon society
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