Ah geese… They look so peaceful making their way through your local pond or river, but we all know what can happen when they decide to fly to a different pond or river.
After the bird strike of January 15th (really? That long ago?), there has been growing pressure to do something about the large number of Canada Geese around the local airports.
The solution is pretty macabre – authorities will gas them. The extermination will begin in about a week, during the period when the geese shed their feathers preventing them from flying.
A total of 2000 geese are expected to be removed from a 5 mile radius around LaGuardia and Kennedy.
It make me shiver, but then again, so does the thought of sucking a flock of geese into the engine of my plane.