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The Morning Call (Allentown, PA), March 7, 2002 p. B1 Geese control may go to states; Animal-rights activists, park officials clash on removal methods. (LOCAL) Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2002 The Morning Call. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. Byline: Keith Herbert Of The Morning Call Regulating Canada geese removal from farmers' fields and municipal parks will rest solely with state governments under a proposal offered this week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and more hunting of the birds could result. The use of lethal methods for eliminating so-called "resident" Canada geese, which don't migrate and are blamed for soiling pristine open space and polluting water supplies with their droppings and for consuming crops before harvest, requires a federal permit, fees and weeks of waiting. But the new plan would streamline the process and allow more killing of the birds, and it's drawing the ire of animal-rights activists. Local park officials said they are already fighting the battle against Canada geese using trained dogs, explosives, egg addling, controlled hunts and other methods.
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