The death toll climbs to 800 in the goose genocide going down around New York City. Inside a five mile radius of city’s airports, officials are targeting 2,000 geese for trapping and gassing, regardless of the fact that none of the resident birds had anything to do with taking out Captain Sully’s US Airways jet. |NYDN|
The 2,000 goose genocide continued yesterday with USDA employees rounding up the birds on Randall’s Island, despite the fact that it was a migratory gaggle of Canadian geese that took out Sully Sullenberger’s passenger-filled plane not a local variety. |NYT|
Nearly 100 Canada geese were slaughtered yesterday, the first in a 2,000 goose genocide to eradicate any birds that could possibly foul up planes. The geese were herded into corrals and crates before being gassed with carbon dioxide. |NYP|
Geese have been the target of much aviation animosity ever since a gaggle of the migratory birds claimd responsibility for forcing US Airways’ hero pilot Sully Sullenberger to ditch his passenger-filled plane in the Hudson River. Now comes news that a multi-agency taskforce is preparing for goose genocide, slaughtering 2,000 of the big birds within five miles of Kennedy and La Guardia Airports.
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