Kill them! Yes, kill them! Surely that is the answer (isn’t it always?) these procreating, defecating, yin-yang residents of our clipped, fertilized, poisonous and gorgeous green grass in Drake Park. I mean, my God, they’re not even American! They’re Canada geese. Canucks! Round um up and gas um all like Jews at Auschwitz, then send the bill to Ottawa. That’s what I’d do. Really, they are an annoyance, an inconvenience. They are costing taxpayer money!! What could be worse?! Destroy them, yes, yes; that must be the answer.
– Charles Finn, Bend
This article appears in Jul 1-7, 2010.
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Yes, it seems cruel to gas the geese, but what are we to do with such a large population pooping and reproducing in our parks. My suggestion is to send the people who held the vigil the other evening,(and I’m sure there were at least 52 wackos out there), a sign up list where they can place their names on 1 week each year to be the guardians of the park. Give them a shovel and bag and let them clean up after their friends. Bingo, problem solved!!!