Brian Comer, a 64-year-old white man, was accused of illegally hunting geese at a golf course on the day Trump amplified racist lies about Haitian immigrants in the city.

Brian Comer, a 64-year-old white man, was accused of illegally hunting geese at a golf course on the day Trump amplified racist lies about Haitian immigrants in the city.

  • Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca
    111·
    1 month ago

    Canada Geese are protected by the migratory birds act between Canada, US and Mexico. The only thing communities can legally do is take the eggs so they don’t hatch.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      42·
      1 month ago

      Well I wish they’d migrate once in a while, because they’re around here all year. They’re also mean if you happen to walk by one and they enjoy blocking traffic.

      I fucking hate geese.

      • Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca
        4·
        1 month ago

        Oh, I agree. I have far too many memories of being chased around parks as a child in Regina by them. I’m not saying they are wonderful creatures, rather that their legal protections limit what we can actually do about them.

        • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
          1·
          1 month ago

          I grew up in Regina and remember my dad talking about not being able to swim in Wascana Lake because of the goose poo/cattle poo contamination.

          Fyi Regina is one of the only major cities in North America not built on a major natural water source.

          Wascana lake was created in 1883 by damming Wascana Creek, a low flow seasonal run-off stream, to serve as a reliable water reservoir for the town and railway (the railway used it as a watering hole for the cattle they transported)

          The lake continued for a time to be used as a domestic water supply and for stock watering; it also supplied the new legislative building. A longer term effect resulted, however, when lake water was used to cool machinery in the power plant (now the Powerhouse Museum) that was built in the eastern sector. Heated water returned to the lake, causing that sector to remain ice-free through the winter, and several species of migratory birds made it their year-round habitat.

          Canada geese are one of those, so Regina has a year-round population as well.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wascana_Centre

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 month ago

          Seriously. You can’t approach a pond at any of the parks around here unless you want to step in goose shit.

    • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      54·
      1 month ago

      And at this point, that act should be amended. The Geese are fine. There’s no reason to protect them now.