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Residents urge Bayonne to cancel USDA contract after reports of Canada geese gassing; city staff say they will review alternatives
Summary
Residents and animal‑welfare advocates told the Bayonne council on June 18 they oppose reported USDA lethal removals of Canada geese on city property and urged the city to cancel or limit the contract and pursue nonlethal alternatives.
Scores of residents and animal‑welfare advocates used the June 18 public‑comment period to urge the City of Bayonne to stop allowing lethal removal of Canada geese on city property and to work with advocacy groups on nonlethal methods.
Speakers including Pamela Sturt and Doreen Grama (identified in the record as representing the Bridal Protection League of New Jersey) described multiple lethal removals by USDA Wildlife Services on Bayonne parks between 2020 and 2024 and called on city officials to cancel or restrict the USDA contract and to pilot habitat‑modification or other nonlethal approaches.
Doreen Grama told the council she had documentation she said showed 316 geese were gassed to death on Bayonne properties from 2020 to 2024. She urged city officials Tom Cotter and Jacqueline McNulty to "cancel the lethal methods of the USDA and work with Bridal…
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