The City of Madison Parks Department KILLS geese.
They have done it again: they paid the USDA $3,500 of tax-payer money to kill 93 Canada Geese.
The Alliance for Animals reached out to them on April 8 volunteering to help them continue their previous short streak of good work--not killing geese in 2022 and 2023. They said someone would be in touch. No one ever was. We reached out several more times with no response. Only after they killed 93 geese on June 18 did they reply telling us how we could volunteer.
Killing geese doesn't have the effect that the Parks Department claims. Once the geese are gone in one location, more geese move in. There are more effective solutions, which also don't hurt the geese. Since 2018, the Alliance for Animals has offered answers including habitat restoration (the best and most permanent fix), coyote cutouts, goose-deterrent spray, lasers, and more. We even purchased a strobe light for the Parks Department to deter the geese at night.
Killing geese is cruel, lazy, and, furthermore, not an effective solution. Who benefits? The USDA, the ones paid to do this. That's it.
Please reach out to the City of Madison parks department and politely tell them how you feel about this: Ann Shea - AShea@cityofmadison.com, Paul Quinlan - pquinlan@cityofmadison.com, and Eric Knepp - eknepp@cityofmadison.com. Or call them at (608) 266-4711.
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