A few days ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture rounded up the 250 to 400 Canada geese that lived at the lake in Prospect Park, took them to a nearby building, and gassed with lethal doses of carbon dioxide.
The story has been covered in a number of media outlets. See, for example,
- The New York Times: "400 Park Geese Die, for Human Fliers’ Sake"
- The Brooklyn Paper: "Dead Goose Walking?" and
- the Washington Square Park blog: "Why did New York City approve a massacre of 400 geese in Brooklyn's Prospect Park?"
Local residents, distressed and angry about the gassing, invite everyone to join them at a vigil in the park tomorrow, July 17th, at 6:30 p.m., by the lake on Prospect Park's southwest side near Vanderbilt Playground and the gazebo. State Senator Eric Adams has contacted the Chief of Police and has alerted Community Affairs that this is a peaceful vigil, not a demonstration.
The vigil organizers have created a Facebook page, "For the love of the geese in Prospect Park."
The vigil organizers have created a Facebook page, "For the love of the geese in Prospect Park."