The Source apparently feels that Bend residents are unjustified in voicing their opinions and feelings concerning the 109 Drake Park geese that were rounded up and killed courtesy of the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District.

Personally, I feel that no one has the right to kill another living creature. Those geese were a part of my very soul, and my heart feels both pain and anger for their deaths.

That is WTF.

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Geese Piece Was Callous

Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 14, 2010

<h1>Geese Piece Was Callous</h1> <p class="byline">Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 14, 2010</p> <p><em>The Source</em> apparently feels that Bend residents are unjustified in voicing their opinions and feelings concerning the 109 Drake Park geese that were rounded up and killed courtesy of the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District.</p> <p>Personally, I feel that no one has the right to kill another living creature. Those geese were a part of my very soul, and my heart feels both pain and anger for their deaths.</p> <p> </p> <p>That is WTF.</p> <p align="right"><em><br /></em></p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/geese-piece-was-callous-2135899/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bendsource.com">The Source - Bend, Oregon</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.&nbsp;<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" alt="" width="16" height="16" style="width:1em;height:1em;"></p> <img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=16218" style="width:1px;height:1px;"><script> PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: "https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/geese-piece-was-callous-2135899/", urlref: window.location.href }); } } </script> <script id="parsely-cfg" src="//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js"></script>

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