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Residents urge Bayonne officials to end USDA’s lethal goose control; council says it will review contract
Summary
Residents told the City Council that USDA wildlife contractors have been gassing Canada geese in Bayonne parks and urged the city to cancel the contract and adopt nonlethal methods; speakers submitted FOIA materials and staff said they would review the documentation and consider alternatives.
Residents at the June 18 Bayonne Municipal Council meeting urged elected officials to cancel a contract that allows USDA Wildlife Services to capture and lethally gas Canada geese in city parks.
Pamela Sturt of the Bridal Protection League of New Jersey told the council she opposed the USDA contract and described the method as inhumane. “They suffocate to death,” Sturt said, adding that other municipalities have switched to habitat modification and nonlethal methods.
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