Thursday, July 1, 2010

Heartbreaking betrayal of trusting geese. Nice, Bend, OR


This makes me so sick I want to cry. (see article, news clip; click here)

The humans of Bend, Oregon, decided that the fecal matter from local Canadian geese was more than they could tolerate. So, 109 geese, habituated to living in the city, were captured and murdered by these thoughtless humans. CO2 gas was used to kill the birds. The "meat" was given to a food bank to distribute to humans.

Creatures of beauty, adapting as well as they can to the encroachment of civilization, were executed because they did not know how to dispose of their poop properly.

How sad.

And may the little geesey spirits find their way to a world that is kinder to them than this one.

2 comments:

Eugene said...

This is so angering. Not being able to dispose of their poop properly is an interesting way to put it. Having recently read "What We Leave Behind," by Derrick Jensen, humans, humans in Bend even, are the ones who cannot dispose of their poop properly. Round them up and gas them.

Dade Cariaga said...

Very sad.