This Is Outrageous: Going To Kill Geese Near Airports

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This has got to be, in my mind the stupidest plan going. As many remember, we all heard of that heroic landing that was called the Miracle On The Hudson when Flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River and was managed by Capt. Sully. The crash resulted due to bird strike, when a flock of Canada Geese flew into the plane's jet engines. Now there are plans to "round" up at least 2,000 Canada Geese that make there "residence" usually near the major NY airports (Kennedy and LaGuardia) and KILL them. You can see an article here (NOT a referral link but to an article about this issue) http://www.nypost.com/seven/06112009/news/regionalnews/nyc_to_kill_geese_in_effort_to_protect_p_173768.htm Here is the real irony about all this. Since I live in the NYC area I'm familiar with the land around both airports. Within a hop skip and jump away from Kennedy Airport for instance (in other words REAL close) is the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Sanctuary....designated land area for migrating and indigenous birds to habitat....this can mean anything from swans, geese, ducks, egrets, herons, hawks, falcons, etc. In fact years and years ago, I went to this refuge and had a field day "shooting" birds....uh, with my camera that is. I also in years past, went to the Flushing Meadow Park marina area, where it too was designated as a "sanctuary" for birds...there, there were ducks of all kinds, swans, Canada Goose, Snow Goose, seagulls etc. It too is a mere hop, skip and jump away from NYC's other major LaGuardia airport. Both these wildlife bird sanctuaries are just that...sanctuaries...a place for birds to settle and habitat and feel safe. [b]Hunting any of these birds is against the law [/b]---and now the geniuses of our city government and our Major are making the call to kill over 2,000 Canada Gesse...like duh? Yes, I can see the need to prevent any future plane crashes due to bird strike, but a plane's engines can even be affected by bird strike with smaller birds, like crows or even starlings. But then the planners of these bird sanctuaries should have had the foresight NOT to designate those land areas as wildlife bird sanctuaries so near airports....like what kind of stupidity is this? So it's like the city government is saying, "Oh gee, we know those are bird sanctuaries where birds of many species can have a safe place to settle between migrations, but gee, sorry we now are going to have to kill the birds."In my mind, maybe some genius should come up with a better jet engine design that would prevent bird strike after all, with flying in planes, WE ARE IN THE BIRDS TURF---they are doing what comes naturally to they...flying Anyone else outraged by this?? I sure the hell am, and maybe due to I have a "thing" for Canada Geese and birds in general. Here's a photo of mine of a Canada Goose I took years ago at the Flushing Meadows Park Marina....a bird sanctuary area right smack near LaGuardia airport