[Pollinator] Goose Article

[Hank]

Hello Joanne,

Thanks for the heads up on the goose matter.

I have a thought for you about where some races of Canada geese choose to build their nest.

The Canada Goose Branta canadensis, once endangered, now thrives in urban areas in part by nesting on lawns (http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=35). They prefer mown lawns because they can see danger at a distance.

If you don't want too many geese nearby, mow less lawn, or even none at all. Allow a native plant upland meadow to replace it. Result: few if any goose nests, a natural habitat without pollution, and healthier pollinator populations ready to work your food gardens. For example, a meadow like the 3D Allbirch Pollinator Garden (APG).

Ask management to switch from mown lawn to upland meadow to solve their goose problem.

Cheers,
Hank

PS... See the APG at work at the Canadian Museum of Nature, and tell your friends, too.
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On 2011-04-29, at 9:52 AM, Joanne L. Williams (Software Quality) wrote:

> Hi Hank:
> Hoping you’ll pass this on.
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> Joanne Williams
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> From: Joanne L. Williams (Software Quality) 
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> Everyone: check out the blog (http://www.weanimals.org/blog.php): send it to everyone you know so they can go to the blog and send their disproval to the Canadian Wildlife Services and PETA (links in blog).  This is happening in front of the building I work at
> Nicole: So fantastic!  Thanx so much; Her blog is so amazing!!  Please let her know how very grateful I am
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> Cheers,
> Joanne Williams
> Research in Motion Limited
> Senior Software Auditor, Software Audit and Appraisal 
> Tel: 613.599.7465 ext 13366 | Email: jowilliams at rim.com
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> From: nicole.larouche at blood.ca [mailto:nicole.larouche at blood.ca] 
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 9:07 AM
> To: Joanne L. Williams (Software Quality)
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> Hi Jo, 
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> Reply from my step-daughter.  Also, see her blog: 
> http://www.weanimals.org/blog.php 
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> Nic 
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> ----- Forwarded by Nicole Larouche/HO/CBS on 2011-04-29 09:00 -----
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> Jo-Anne McArthur <jo at joannemcarthur.com>
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> Date:
> 2011-04-28 22:27
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> This is tough one. 
> It's so strange, what we label a nuisance. The earth is their home too; we have to share it, whether they are breeding all over the place in Ottawa or wherever. 
> Sounds like the govt permits are issued for this kind of thing, so hands of the humane societies are tied, though they can help raise awareness about the cruelty of the act, and if people write into the media, at least more people will learn about the cruelty of this, and maybe think twice before trying to get rid of the geese or kill their babies. 
> Your co-worker mentioned PETA. As much as they can be a problematic organization, they are incredibly effective. Last year my friend found that the St. Lawrence market was using glue traps to catch and kill mice (horrible deaths, they die of stress/dehydration, or they try to chew their limbs off and bleed to death). A few of us wrote letters to the market, and we also wrote to PETA, asking them to write to the market. They did, AND they wrote about it on their site, which is seen by millions. Very quickly, the market publicly announced they would no longer use the traps and would look at more humane methods of mouse control. Moral of story: PETA is huge, and they really do influence, and they do take on smaller stories like this, too. If someone corresponds w/ them about this, (via: http://www.peta.org/about/contact-peta/report-cruelty.aspx to start), they might well take action. If PETA writes to them, and to local Ottawa media, the company who offers these products, and the govt who issues them, will have to do some explaining and some damage control. 
> Beyond that, there needs to be a broad shift in our thinking about animals. We are speciesist and forget that we don't own the Earth, adn that we don't have the right to control others on it. But that's a bigger struggle!  However, if people make a stink about this, readers/listeners/viewers might think about it and take one step in thinking differently about animals, that they're not ours to control or to decide who lives and who dies!
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> I'm gonna blog about it  :)
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