-=> Quoting Jim Weller to Peter Coggon <=-

 PC> I seem to remember once the city
 PC> fathers trying to trim the Geese population out on the Toronto
 PC> harbour Islands

 JW> In the early part of the 20th century they were over-hunted and
 JW> threatened although not quite endangered.  So hunting seasons were
 JW> shortened and bag limits reduced with some provinces and states
 JW> under some flyways banning the hunt altogether. It worked. Now they
 JW> have rebounded to the point they are a nuisance in many areas. But
 JW> the number of active hunters has declined and the limits remain
 JW> unchanged. And, with milder winters, many don't migrate if they can
 JW> find open water and urban geese get fed bread crumbs and peanuts by
 JW> well meaning people to boot.

 JW> The season here is longer and limits generous. As well, Natives have
 JW> the right to hunt as many as their family can eat, regardless of
 JW> seasons and limits. My Chippewyan BIL once gifted me with a dozen
 JW> freshly frozen geese and a dozen more smoked breasts one spring.
 JW> They were very tasty.

 JW> Here's a ducky thought:
 JW> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 JW>
 JW> Title: The Earliest Mole Sauce
 JW> Categories: Mexican, Native, Sauces, Chilies
 JW> Yield: 10 servings

   Mmmmm ....mmmm eerrrr no thanks....

   I like the explaination for the ban on hunting the Geese, and
all, but in the end Toronto City Council bowed to the Federal
Government in Ottawa, and sprayed the eggs they found with 
some chemicals to stop them hatching...  The only fallout
was one Island out there in the Harbour totally destroyed
by the Geese.

But...then the wildlife groups got going and all that started
again...and well we have now other bird groups and zebra
musscles and ...goby fish...so the lakes might be well drained
to make for more affordable housing....if anyone is alive

Ha ha ha ...ttfn Jim ...

Peter

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