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Activists: Town of North Hempstead's plan to euthanize geese is inhumane

May 15, 2013

Originally published: May 14, 2013 6:23 PM
Updated: May 14, 2013 10:00 PM
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Officials with the Town of North Hempstead want to kill of hundreds of Canada geese by shipping them to a food processing plant. (May 14, 2013 10:38 PM)

Animal activists were out in full force tonight in New Hyde Park to protest a controversial plan to eliminate the local goose population.

Officials with the Town of North Hempstead voted to consider a plan to kill of hundreds of Canada geese by shipping them to a food processing plant, where they would be euthanized. The geese would be herded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist.

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