Thank you, but I’ll pass. are at home among the fast food left by thoughtless people throwing bread on the pond to delight their children on a weekend afternoon. The mass goose kill in Prospect Park — the idea is to keep them from flying into the engines of jet planes — set off outrage on City Room, where many comments railed against the killings, but others wondered: You can find the latest entries at nytimes.com/diary and on our New York section online. Geese prefer open, grassy areas near water. Update, Aug. 2, 11:18 a.m. | The official answer to that question came from Farrell Sklerov, a spokesman for the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Geese can make yards a hassle rather than an asset; instead of enjoying the yard, property owners spend their time picking up geese excrement and attempting to repair the damage done to the grass. What a waste of lives (the geese), natural Having shot ducks and geese for over 60 years, there’s nothing magical about swans! We prefer dark meat.” In today’s market, geese tend to be raised to better standards because they don’t do well in confinement while turkeys do. These geese were along the Bronx Zoo's Mitsubishi Riverwalk nature trail adjacent to the Bronx Zoo. It is insulting, just as it is insulting when people bring badly expired food into food pantries, as if it were of any use, as if it they were doing people a favor by giving away what they would not stoop to eat Other varieties of swan (Bewick's, Whooper etc.) Resident geese are as addicted to flight as their migratory cousins. The turkey's central place at the holiday table was established for Dickens' English audience and soon across the pond for our own country's readership. There was a problem. Diets Vary by Season. I can’t take my son to the park sometimes because of all of the green goose poop. giving the meat to a homeless shelter. “For us, the cost was not exorbitant, but if you’re killing 2,000 birds, the cost gets interesting,” Mr. Horton said. It is puzzling that the City asserts that the NYSDOH is unresponsive Reduced weeding time.A well-trained goose can take over a good part of your weeding work for you, leaving you free to put your time where it’s needed most. Geese are primarily herbivores and usually eat tender grasses and plant materials, such as roots, leaves, stems and sprouts. Sounds like someone in New York government lacks common sense – SURPRISE! waste to me to throw these slaughtered geese into the landfill…. Slaughtered geese? This version of the article was originally published on Live Science. (Wish I’d have read this book before we got our first geese!) That means it’s possible to raise bad quality (aka “cheap) turkeys and much more difficult to raise bad quality geese and thus goose is ‘more expensive.’ Geese are too fatty. Birds normally stay away from humans, but feeding them can make them lose their fear of us. In the same way, we learn that geese are double hard bastards that should be approached with extreme caution. The gas doesn’t make the meat unsafe, according to a spokesman for the American Veterinary In fact, they'd be eating more nutritiously if we didn't intervene. Trust me. If you have ever seen an ostrich egg you know that eggs can be huge. Double bagging and throwing the geese into a landfill? If you're a topical expert — researcher, business leader, author or innovator — and would like to contribute an op-ed piece. Moreover, dogs will resort to poop if they don’t get ample nutrition or when they are stressed. Just as we don’t eat dogs and horses because they’re cute, we don’t eat swans because they’re sexy and sophisticated. Follow all of the Expert Voices issues and debates — and become part of the discussion — on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Visit our corporate site. But in New York State, geese that were killed this month were double-bagged and thrown in landfills. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Why Geese Don't Get Obese (And We Do): How Evolution's Strategies for Survival Affect Our Everyday Lives. Shame to let that meat go to waste, right? for example, received 900 pounds of goose meat this year. The New York State Department of Health issues advisories on the consumption of wild waterfowl – including Canada geese – annually. 1. share. If you’re against one, shouldn’t you be against the other? Short grass is high in protein content, low in roughage — perfect for grazers like geese. also receive it via email. it’s not just about airplane safety (though that is reason enough). A meal I had at the Arc en Ciel restaurant in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong many years ago consisted of thin slivers of moist breast resting will automatically call to find out if there are any needy families nearby to get them the meat.”. pipe, something that also shows up on national TV as the sentimental crisis du jour. at nytoday.com or in the morning, on The New York Times homepage or its New York section. Would you serve possibly tainted food to your children? Here’s a crazy thought: perhaps we should try controling their population…oh nevermind. Sounds like typical bureaucrats–making something more complicated than it is, fretting about hypothetical hazards, unable just to let the market go to work–ie, tell the food pantries they can have If we must kill them, why don’t we feed them to the homeless? Interesting article, thanks for it. They're constantly on the move. Colonial-era hunting, which grew into market hunting, saw the end of the hyper-abundant passenger pigeon and massive declines in most all birds. Supplementing birds’ diets can … The Canada goose is an abundant and conspicuous bird here. Urban and suburban parks with ponds create the perfect habitat for Canada geese, as here in suburban Portland, Ore. morning and a round-up in Monday's print edition. Contrary to popular belief, Canada geese don't stay in one place. While it’s really only geese who attack, says Kress, not feeding waterbirds helps keep proper distance. City Room®, a news blog of live reporting, features and reader conversations about New York City, has been archived. The city has been waiting six years, and the state still can’t grant permission to use the meat of culled geese to feed homeless people? If the answer is no, then why do you think it is okay to feed it to homeless people? Are the geese suffocated? As a result, the revived giant Canada goose in the east and south is now a common and resident pest. This is why they prefer ponds, marshes and fields in the wild, and city parks, golf courses and lawns in urban or public areas. Most of the swans in England are free, they do not belong to anyone. The re-introduced giant Canada goose has found ample food by eating residual grain from fallow fields. First, this giant fowl has become an abundant denizen of our urban and suburban landscapes. According to the old nursery rhyme, the fattening of the geese tells us Christmas is nigh. “What they are trying to do is make an unnecessary act seem charitable,” he said. Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat Please to put a penny in the old man's hat. Patrick Kwan, the New York State director for the Humane Society of the United States, also disagreed with the gesture. And to those who object to the thinning of the flocks, for me This time, he encourages the boy to eschew the traditional goose for a turkey — a superior, highbrow, cooking fowl. Deer make up the bulk of wildlife killed, he said, and when they are, “the U.S.D.A. If we must kill them, why don’t we feed them to the homeless? ... We cover the top trends and … NY 10036. Live Science is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Posted 4 months ago. Wild ducks and geese feed on a variety of grains and grasses, aquatic plants, and invertebrates, all naturally found in the wild. To begin with, please let me point out, no geese that I know of carry Canadian passports, hence, there are no Canadian Geese. The current advice is easily found at //www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/outdoors/fish/fish.htm#game and advises consumption of no more than two meals per month. Some years ago, when Cambodians, and among them Hmong Hill people were relocated to California, the duck and goose populations in the city parks began to decline. [11 Health Benefits of Christmas Dinner ]. In central Oregon, where the killed geese provided more than 1,000 hot meals, residents lashed out against the food bank director for accepting the meat. Umm, the same goose is safe for a hunter and his family to eat but not safe for a homeless shelter or food bank? Why don’t our mayor, our parks department and whoever else makes these decisions listen to animal A vinegary sauce accompanied this dish. Why Geese Don't Get Obese (And We Do): How Evolution's Strategies for Survival Affect Our Everyday Lives - Kindle edition by Widmaier, Eric P.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. I’ve often walked in Drake Park in Bend where silly people bring their Wonder Bread to feed the geese and ducks. and surprising that the reporter didn’t look for such advice: Google NYSDOH and geese, click the first response, click the advice booklet. themselves. We don't hunt in urban centers or in suburbia. Our parks and golf courses have water (lakes and ponds) important for refuge from land predators. They don’t waste any more time with snow geese (C-items) and thereby make inventory management more effective. There are still executions of humans in some states. Among them – the total numbers have not yet been released – were nearly 400 geese from Prospect Park Food banks in Pennsylvania, People don’t eat berries that grow in the city for all the exhaust fumes they’ve absorbed, what are the geese (and pigeons, and seagulls) absorbing as they go about their business, anyway? Why don’t we eat goose eggs? In Why Geese Don't Get Obese, physiologist Eric Widmaier describes the astonishing ways humans and other creatures have adapted to their environmental challenges in order to survive. “That which is not prohibited is mandatory.”. The geese are usually not that agressive, but we did have a large one chase us out of the playground one day! To be fair, as mentioned earlier, we’re mainly focusing on Canada geese. Maybe I missed something. New York, Mr. Sklerov wrote in an e-mail, doesn’t have “sufficient guidelines that pertain to the oversight of the safe preparation or donation of geese to food pantries or soup kitchens.”. To those in the know (hunters, mostly), they are considered a great meal, referred to by some as the "roast beef of the skies.". The prime directive for a bureaucrat is to prevent ones self from receiving blame. [Growing Bird Populations Show Conservation Successes ]. We have created large green spaces, parks and golf courses, with lush grasses that we mow regularly. People think the geese they observed at a city park or pond yesterday are the same geese there today. The mowed lawns provide quality grazing, and the ponds provide security from terrestrial predators. Roast Goose! "Contrary to popular belief, Canada geese don’t stay in one place. Future US, Inc. 11 West 42nd Street, 15th Floor, At the poor Cratchits' table in 1843's "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens has the Ghost of Christmas Present share with Scrooge a vision of family joy: The Cratchits sitting down to a classic stuffed-goose dinner. Colonists found the Canada goose to be among the abundant bounty of the New World. In Oregon, Mr. Horton saw it another way. The poor public servants in Bend bent over backwards to accommodate the sensibility of their citizens and by my lights–and the lights of most Oregonians–they did just fine euthanizing the geese and Yet every blade of grass in the park is fouled with goose poop because we the people have re-programmed a wild creature to camp year round in the one and same cosy place. Buy Why Geese Don't Get Obese (and We Do): How Evolution's Strategies for Survival Affect Our Everday Lives New edition by Widmaier, Eric P. (ISBN: 9780716736493) from Amazon's Book Store. A cooked goose is considered a wonderful meal, delectable with dark meat in both legs and breast. meat. My theory as to why we don't eat swans is because they're too difficult to domesticate and the wild ones are too rare to kill. Shoot and eat them within the guidelines set by the various states. “The state permit states that the geese shall be donated to a food bank or a shelter – that is a requirement of the permit itself, so they have to abide by that, or they lose the permit,” said Jason This is stupid and cruel. Compared to spiral ham, which cost $2.91 per pound in 2014, turkey clocked in at a cool $1.28. Cancer patients weren't responding to therapy. Read the Why aren't we eating more geese? Too many dirty, disease-ridden humans are the much greater problem on this planet. 1. Goose eggs, of course, are smaller than ostrich eggs, and actually measure the equivalent of four regular chicken eggs. Surprising examples, a sense of humor, and some insightful science make this book a delightful and lively read. Though no longer on City Room, New York Today continues to appear every weekday morning, offering a roundup of news and events for the city. If it did, we’d all die. Don’t want rogue birds? I love goose. Some of our family’s best holiday meals were ducks and geese so why not a swan! Jim Schiltz doesn’t understand why people don’t eat goose more often—-say, 20 to 30 times a year, the way his family does—instead of only at Christmas. Geese feed by grazing on the grass while they walk on land, and can eat an incredible amount of grass per day, leaving the lawn coverage sparse. In school when we had to fold our papers the teacher would say hamburger style if we were to fold at the horizontal center. Join the discussion today. Are they poisoned? Why We Can’t Eat Slaughtered Geese. Better management of hunting allowed for the return of this and other goose subspecies across the country. Why is slaughtering a goose any more cruel than slaughtering a chicken? We also keep making inroads into former rural areas and encourage some wildlife with our garbage strewing habits. The goose dilemma demonstrates once again that there is enough food, only the gathering and distribution of it is designed for the profit of a few, not the nutrition of many. This condition is called coprophagia, or the tendency of living things to consume feces. The subsequent revival of wild Canada geese populations is among the greatest successes of wildlife agencies in the United States. Why Polar Bears Don’t Eat Snow Geese and What it Has to do With a Warehouse. When eaten in combination, these foods are nutritionally balanced and provide everything a wild duck or goose needs to survive.In contrast, foods commonly fed to waterfowl in public parks, such as bread, crackers, popcorn, and corn, are typically low in protein and essential nutrients and minerals (suc… The Queen only owns the MUTE swans. He said Why We Shouldn’t Feed Bread to Ducks and Geese Feeding bread to ducks and geese is a childhood rite of passage, but it’s one we should leave to generations past. Because we have unwittingly provided abundant food, habitat and security from predators, these Canada geese populations have few checks on population growth. In rare cases, your dog will eat goose poop to get your attention. A clear view will allow geese to be able to see who/what is approaching them. Other states, however, haven’t had a problem with slaughtering the geese for food. The park is one of the most beautiful spots in Oregon with the Deschutes RIver meandering through and vistas of the surrounding mountains as a breathtaking backdrop. Don’t feed them. In central Oregon, the Bend Park and Recreation District convened public meetings on ridding Canada geese from city parks. You can find the latest New York Today © Update, Aug. 2, 11:18 a.m. | The official answer to that question came from Farrell Sklerov, a spokesman for the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. How do geese know that sheep don’t eat geese? The reason is related to how and where we have managed this species, once rare, back to abundance. That’s Canada goose from elsewhere in the country, mind you, where birds killed as part of government plans to shrink the goose population are plucked, frozen and distributed to food pantries. These are the same people that get hysterical when a kitten is caught in a sewer in Brooklyn. Jimym Legs Re: “if you’re gonna kill em, might as well eat em.”. Taste-wise, wild geese tend to absorb the flavor of whatever they eat in their fat. In the 1960s, the giant Canada goose was rediscovered and reintroduced widely in the east and into the south, beyond its historic range. While this might explain why we don’t eat swan in a practical sense, it doesn’t explain why they are afforded this deity-like level of admiration. “We’re looking for a letter somewhere along the lines that says Canada geese are safe to eat, or that one should consume only a certain amount of Canada goose a month, kind of like the state does with “We knew all along that there was a lot of opposition and that taking the meat from the geese and using that meat to feed the hungry by donating it to these two food banks would temper the opposition,” The fact that other states can proceed with processing the meat, and New York can’t, is to our great shame. Metropolitan Diary continues to publish! Yet the turkey (considered by many to be less succulent) is now the more common holiday roast here, and even in England. While the goose is, for the most part, no longer cooked at Christmas time as a part of either nation's tradition, this may seem puzzling to some in the United States. Without a nice, documented set of guidelines that completely lift any responsibility from the shoulders of said bureaucrat, nothing Stay up to date on the coronavirus outbreak by signing up to our newsletter today. Wild geese are everywhere! SURPRISE! Unless they're injured, those geese have moved on. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Why don't Americans eat more goose? How to Stick to Healthy Eating Resolutions in 2021 Read So are there no states/countries that run tests on geese for toxins or provide instructions for safe preparation? Geese may eat wheat and pellets, which is a common diet for farm-raised geese. You’re still writing this up as if carbon dioxide kills. It is simple: homeless people deserve respect because they are children of God. Some people use geese as weeders, as they love to eat grass and weeds. Growing Bird Populations Show Conservation Successes, Porn is the top source of 'sex education' for young adults, Chinese researchers to send an 'uncrackable' quantum message to space, Apollo 15 landing site is strikingly clear in image captured from Earth, South African coronavirus variant: All your questions answered. Seems like an awful The great passion for bird hunting and consumption left the Canada goose in decline, and the biggest of the seven subspecies, the giant Canada goose, thought to be extinct. Tow Truck. Of course, Schiltz raises geese in South Dakota, so you’ll forgive him for being a bit biased. I guess it won’t be long before they go after the pigeons and pigeon makes an appearance on menus, probably under an alias. on cooked blood from the same bird. In 2012, Americans ate an estimated 22 million turkeys on Christmas Day; we suspect the number has gone up. You can It’s a public health and quality of life issue. Black brant, for example, is prized on the West Coast, where they eat exclusively wild celery, or eelgrass. Canada Geese inhabit areas such as ponds, lakes, marshes and fields, as well as public areas such as city parks, schools and golf courses. You write that killing the geese made Oregonians rise up. A high-level official at the federal Department of Agriculture elaborated, saying that city and state officials have waited six years for the New York State Department of Health to report on the safety of New York bird Zack contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. This is the perfect anecdote for describing the logjam of Albany. resources (oil for making the plastic bags, and land (more tons of stuff for a landfill.). "People think the geese they … Since 1976, Metropolitan Diary has been a place for New Yorkers, past and present, to share odd fleeting moments in the city. Arctic Ocean was once a tub of fresh water covered with a half-mile of ice. I have done goose twice for Christmas: once in the 1990s and again after the turn of the century. As his wife Marcia says, “Nobody in our family likes turkey. Then they got a poop transplant. This can be a real boon in wet weather. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer. We don't hunt in urban centers or in suburbia. Eventually it was discovered that the Hmong The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. Allowing them to eat their natural diet is better both for them and the environment, the Wildlife Center advises. //www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/outdoors/fish/fish.htm#game, Hitting the Century Mark, and Still Behind His Desk, Boy, 7, Fatally Struck by M.T.A. Medical Association, who said it was often used to stun poultry. Like gulls, pigeons, rats and other commensal animals around us, we are not inclined to eat geese, which have achieved quite a different image in the public imagination since Dickens, describing the meat of this bird, observed that its "tenderness and flavour, size and cheapness, were the themes of universal admiration." Updated, Aug. 2 | The Canada goose, according to those in the know, tastes like a dark, tender cut of smoked chicken. The redeemed Scrooge later exults in sending Tiny Tim to purchase a bird for his family's Christmas table. Why doesn’t the DEP contact them to determine what guidelines they use? Send questions or suggestions by e-mail. With a revival of Canada geese in the east came two dramatic changes that are greatly in evidence today. will happen. Growing urban populations of geese require management, including tagging individual geese to monitor their longevity and movement. Seriously, geese suck. More power to them and may they do it again, as needed. If you’re concerned that the Christmas turkey will taste too much like your Thanksgiving one, don’t … fish,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Why don't we eat these fat fucks all the … Thank you for signing up to Live Science. Well, of course, some did, a few, but not all Oregonians for certain sure. There is an overpopulation of Canada Geese and deer because of the elimination of their natural predators – fox, wolves, etc. In my search I found some interesting facts about the eggs that come from geese. I live in Brooklyn as well. Talk about life out of balance. Reasons Not to Feed Geese by Geese Relief Feeding geese and other waterfowl bread and crackers is a common pastime for many adults and children, but many people do not know that this can be harmful to the birds, as well as the environment. that the state doesn’t have a protocol for testing the geese for toxins and has not figured out how best to process the meat. 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