Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 - Jenie Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:02 PM Proposed Rikers Island Goose Kill Forwarded Message, do not hit reply: Info <info wrote: PLEASE CROSS POST-URGENT PHONE CALL ALERT... STOP THE CANADA GEESE KILL ON RIKERS ISLANDThanks to a whistleblower, we found out that the NYC Dept. of Corrections (DOC) has made a secret plan to exterminate the Canada Goose population of about 200 living on Rikers Island, where the prison is located, on June 25th. The geese do not nest where there is human foot traffic and DOC claims that they are a hazard to nearby LaGuardia airplane traffic, which is not true as the population has been there for more than a decade without incident (in larger numbers in the past). These geese are not doing any harm and we have notified DOC that we oppose this secret plan that involves paying the USDA to carry out the killing.As taxpayers and humane New Yorkers, please phone the Commissioner of Corrections and City Hall to state your opposition to this inhumane plan. There are non-lethal methods of addressing this issue. The question is whether DOC will listen to the avian experts. DEMAND THE KILLING BE STOPPED.Please call AND email:Martin Horn, DOC Commissioner - 212 266.1212 - mhorn @ probaton.nyc.gov (remove 2 spaces)AndMayor Michael Bloomberg - 212-788-3000 - mbloomberg @ cityhall.nyc.gov (remove 2 spaces)-United Action for Animalshttp://www.ua4a.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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