NEW YORK -- The problem of birds living near some of the nation's busiest airports is coming under renewed scrutiny after two emergency landings in a ...
Posted 10.17.2011
At least 20 geese have been found dead in two parks on the city's Southwest Side, and authorities believe they may have been poisoned. According to...
The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 10.06.2011
This isn't just another adorable baby animal video. The YouTube video below features some added sweet and sentimental value by documenting a famil...
Susan Yager | Posted 09.04.2011
It's summer in the city, and that means weekends at the beach, walks in the park, and, for the third year in a row, the annual slaughter of Canada geese.
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.09.2011
SEATTLE — Seattle-bound commuters got some unexpected company when a Canada goose and her goslings decided to walk across a section of highway that ...
The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.26.2011
The Denver Zoo is welcoming three new Nene Geese, aslo known as Hawaii's state bird. Nene Geese are rare, having struggled against extinction in t...
Prospect Heights, NY Patch | Kristen v. Brown | Email the Author | 2:00pm | Posted 07.20.2011
A group of goose lovers is now planning to stand night watch over Prospect Park's geese -- even if it might mean breaking the law. A group of 40 or...
Prospect Heights, NY Patch | Kristen v. Brown | Email the Author | April 3, 2011 | Posted 06.04.2011
As Brooklynites arrived at Prospect Park dressed in their best to honor the legacy of former Prospect Park Alliance President Tupper Thomas, a handful...
Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011
Many species are endangered, but there are animals out there who are doing way too well. Animals like deer, pigeons, and even elephants are multiplyin...
Brad Haskel | Posted 05.25.2011
I have listened to a lot of arguments regarding the treatment of ducks and geese in the production of foie gras, and I have to say that I really don't understand the moral dilemma.
Jessica Massa | Posted 11.17.2011
Tomorrow is the last day of July. I know, I know. WTF?! Where did the summer go? Didn't you promise yourself that you were going to have The. Best...
Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011
Officials plan to kill more than 150,000 Canada geese in New York alone. Brooklyn was shocked when 400 Prospect Park geese were killed. In our day, such mass slaughter is wrong and unacceptable.
Posted 05.25.2011
New York's geese are dead birds squawking. The state plans to eliminate 170,000 Canada geese. That means two-thirds of the current population co...
Jessica Massa | Posted 11.17.2011
As we get ready to sign off on another summer Friday, take a moment to think about what's on your schedule for the weekend ahead. Do you have a dat...
Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011
Air safety is the most persuasive reason for goose removal, but there are plenty of others. There are way too many of them. They live a long time, reproduce like crazy, and defecate all over the place.
AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — A year and a half after Canada geese forced an airliner to splash down in the Hudson River, officials are rounding them up in almost ...
Jessica Massa | Posted 11.17.2011
After happily hailing the death of dating and determining that cultivating relationships with your very own gaggle of guys has replaced sitting around...
Jessica Massa | Posted 11.17.2011
It is understandable that proclaiming the death of dating, as I did in last week's post "Why Everything You Believe About Dating Is Wrong," might inci...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— A leaked pipeline sent oil spilling into a Salt Lake City creek, coating geese and ducks and closing a park, officials said...
AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — New York City plans to trap and kill up to 2,000 Canada Geese this summer in an attempt to avoid the type of collision that caused an...
Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011
Killing geese through methods such as round-ups, gassing, and asphyxiation is not only inhumane, but also ineffective at solving local conflicts.
Jenna Woginrich | Posted 05.25.2011
What the... something white, curly, and shiny was underneath my goose, Saro. It was a spiral of glass? Then I saw it. She was laying on a compact fluorescent light bulb.
Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011
Feb. 7, 2009 - Tina Fey does riotous Chesley Sullenberger impression on "Saturday Night Live," ordering Duck a l'Orange in restaurant, then stabbing it with fork
Beth Lapides | Posted 11.17.2011
This inauguration has found its good omen. A omen that we are entering an age when the engines might be cut off. But in which we can land anyway, and not just land, but actually get each other safely to the shore.
John Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011
We geese have taken about all the crap we're going to take. To avoid problems in the future, we suggest better communication between the FAA and the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 04.26.2012