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Resident opposes planned culling of Canada geese, urges humane alternatives
Summary
Amanda Peterson told the board she strongly opposes shooting Canada geese at the town beach, called the tactic inhumane and urged habitat modification, deterrence and professional wildlife management instead.
At the public-comment portion, Amanda Peterson identified herself and urged the town to drop plans to shoot Canada geese at the town beach, saying the approach is "extremely inhumane" and proposing nonlethal methods. "I want to express my strong opposition to this practice," she told the board and urged the town to explore deterrents, habitat modification and professional management.
Town officials acknowledged the concern and said they would look for alternatives; the transcript records staff (Tim) agreeing to look into options and report back at the next meeting, but no policy change or formal vote on animal-control was recorded.
