The saga of the Prospect Park geese continues today with our own City Councilmember Brad Lander standing up for the fowl:
“We are requesting that you … commit not to cull — or allow the Department of Agriculture to cull — the population of geese in Prospect Park, for at least the duration of 2011,” Councilmembers Brad Lander (D–Park Slope), Steve Levin (D–Park Slope) and Letitia James (D–Fort Greene) and Assemblyman James Brennan (D–Park Slope) wrote to Mayor Bloomberg on Monday. “We believe that the Park is acting proactively and responsibly here, taking responsibility, and implementing a humane plan to address the issue.”
Lander said that he hopes officials give the new “Wildlife Management Plan,” which includes includes the destruction of some goose eggs and a ban on the feeding of geese, a chance to work. Unfortunately for Pierre, it seems the Mayor is not interested in that plan.
“We value the lives of the people who are flying in airplanes more than the lives of the birds,” a Bloomberg spokesperson told the Brooklyn Paper.
"Hands Around the Lake," an event to protest the killing of Prospect Park's geese, is scheduled for March 26.
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