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We had a great organizing and strategy meeting earlier this week, and our volunteers are ready for action this summer. USDA Wildlife Services is already on notice that we won't tolerate geese being rounded up in NYC parks in secret - we've got eyes and ears on the ground in parks across the city and we're committed to protecting them this summer.

Our goal is to guard as many places as possible where geese might be killed during the molting period when they can't fly and are captured and killed. We're also planning several actions to help bring attention and awareness to the issue. Can you help?

We're formulating the specifics of our strategy - if you couldn't make it to the meeting but want to be involved, it's not too late to join the conversation and find out how you can help:
 

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More than 5,000 geese have been killed by the City of New York, the Port Authority of NY & NJ, and USDA Wildlife Services in NYC parks and Jamaica Bay Wildlife since 2009. This killing has been a colossal waste of time, effort, money, and life.

As "Miracle on the Hudson" Capt. Sullenberger told National Geographic Magazine, "What happened to us...could happen again tomorrow."  In other words, the killing of NYC's geese during the past five years has accomplished nothing.  

GooseWatch NYC is not alone here - leading organizations, elected officials, and public figures have spoken out against the cruel and senseless killing of NYC's geese in favor of non-lethal alternatives to address human conflicts with wildlife.

Enough is enough! It's time for New York City to step back from the Canada goose removal policy of the previous administration and end its kill-contract with USDA Wildlife Services. Especially after seeing the policy in action for five years, it's clear that that the policy is a mistake - costly, ineffective, and inhumane. Please sign & share our petition:

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The number of geese killed in NYC parks in 2015 should be zero - let's make it happen!

More than 5,000 resident Canada geese have been killed by USDA Wildlife Services in NYC parks and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge since 2009. What a sad, pathetic, colossal waste of time, effort, money, and life. The NYC Canada Goose Removal Program has accomplished NOTHING, other than effectively evicting nesting geese from some of our city's more accessible parks. Enough is enough! The number of geese killed in NYC parks in 2015 should be exactly zero. Let's make it happen...Read more: http://bit.ly/1IxXmKG


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