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1NoBS(2013 comments)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

I don't know that public hearings are/were necessary. Public hearings aren't required to eradicate rats or other vermin. And were there public hearings a few years back, when the deer population was thinned? If there were, I don't recall them. I do recall the lottery as hunters tried to get permission to practice their sport within the park.

In all the hand-wringing and angst over the euthanization of the geese, nobody has been able to come up with a viable alternative. Ideally, the goose population shouldn't have gotten as large as it was. The park tried alternatives, such as requesting the public not feed the geese, but to no avail. This was all that was left. Next time, I hope the park acts sooner, so that less geese have to be euthanized. But there really was no alternative.

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2redeye1(4712 comments)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

I have no problem with them rounding up all of the geese. But I do have a problem on how they killed the geese. They should have found a way to killed them so that they were at least edible. Then maybe gave them to a food kitchen or something like that. It was just a great waste of a natural resource that's all

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3dlflak(1 comment)posted 5 months, 1 week ago


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4PCA(1 comment)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

Good Editorial.

Yes, it is matter of deep concern that 238 geese were cruelly rounded up and gassed from a public park with no community input. Even more disturbing are some of the claims made by park, USDA and ODNR officials. For example, had egg addling (destruction) been conducted at Mill Creek Park, why were there goslings? Either this is a false claim or the action was conducted with incompetence. It was also claimed in an earlier newspaper piece, that only "some" geese would be destroyed. How did "some" become "Whatever is here on day of roundup" as stated by ODNR official, Laura Graber? Such a "whatever" attitude bespeaks extermination rather than "management." Many more questions need to be raised over what really was, a wildlife massacre in a public park. Certainly, the public and media should demand to see the actual contract signed with USDA WS allowing for what appears a wildlife killing spree and uncontained carnage.

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5LucyBK(1 comment)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

The only "problem" requiring a "solution" in Mill Creek Park is the fat SOB running it, Dennis L. Miller - he is a golfer with NO credentials to manage such a large park system or wildlife. Setting up gas chambers to cruelly murder all those ducks and geese is an unspeakable crime. They suffered terribly trying to breathe, only to choke on carbon dioxide. I cannot imagine the terror they felt. I have a large Pekin duck who is on medications for a lung infection, and we are fighting for his life everyday. Over $2000 in vet bills to date, and we will do whatever it takes to make him healthy again. When I heard about this slaughter, I threw up. REMOVE MILLER - IMPRISON HIM FOR FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY NOW!

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6borylie(832 comments)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

LucyBK, Calling Mr. Miller a fat SOB. Do you find yourself attractive? Do you believe communities should allow mosquito spraying? Should fly swatters be outlawed? Shouldn't all of God's creatures be protected?

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7questionreality(370 comments)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

And if the park police enforced the "Do not feed" signs" they would hear the ubiquitous "Don't u have anything better to do?" Or "shouldn't u be eating donuts?"

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8Silence_Dogood(1388 comments)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

Peking Duck, now that sounds really good. I bet it would go really well with sweet and sour sauce.

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9NoBS(2013 comments)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

To those who are hanging their hat on the park's not enforcing the DO NOT FEED signs, that's awfully weak. If the park had enforced the signs, there'd be all sorts of ranting about the overzealous cops, the unfairness of it all, and even laments about the poor duckies and goosies who will go to bed hungry because nobody's feeding them.

And to the conspiracy theorist who equates the fact that there were still goslings with the delusion that the park is lying about having addled some of the goose eggs, perhaps you've noticed that geese fly? Geese can nest in places humans have a tough time reaching. And nobody wanted to completely eradicate the geese - they wanted the number of geese reduced, and, having tried all other available methods (I'm still waiting for reasonable suggestions on what else could be done) the park rounded up a herd of geese, but by no means every goose in the area.

You people are letting your emotions run wild. We need more educated people, not more drama queens.

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10republicanRick(1251 comments)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

Anything contoversial should require public hearings? Are you nuts, Vindy editors?

The thinning of the geese was controversial only because it brings out the kooky, fringe element that is bombastic and shrill. By the Vindy's reasoning, ANY decision by public entities could be held up by simply screaming the loudest and longest.

Thin the geese herd, deer, mosqitoes, raccoons, rats and whatever else is needed to keep it a balanced wildlife area. And pass put valium and prozac to the shrill kooky humans.

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11borylie(832 comments)posted 5 months, 1 week ago

If the wildlife management was put out there for public debate, Mill Creek Park would of been in court for years. Protesters would of marred every visit to the park. Mill Creek Park handled this correctly.

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