Why Michigan is now KILLING Canadian geese

[@MrKrabs-tr5rh]

Imagine buying a lakefront property, and being angry that there is nature living around you. That's like camping in the woods but you don't like bugs.

[@leeannebishop51]

I DON'T CARE THEY WERE HERE FIRST LEAVE THEM ALONE THEY HAVE RIGHTS TO LIVE.

[@johncmitchell4941]

@@leeannebishop51 So do mice & rats, raccoons, ants, spiders, wasps, and foxes that raid chicken houses, but ok.

[@BIG_C_2137]

Bro this is not nature… estimates are geese population have increased exponentially.

[@donyoung6463]

IF you don't live in a area with ponds and lakes you don't realize the damage created by goose poop it is amazing just how much one goose creates in a day, it builds up on sidewalks and pollutes ponds, lakes and golf courses causeing excessive weed and algae growth. Not to mention the aggressiveness towards humans, it's time to control the population.

[@cameronschyuder9034]

@@BIG_C_2137technically this is still nature… a crap ton of humans have driven animals from their natural habitats but we don’t call for their extermination or consider it unnatural bc it’s our own species being multiplied (no I’m not saying we should be exterminated but that we’re not exactly role models)

[@joesmith-em2cd]

Larry seems like an amazing man. I wish him the best and thank you for your service.

[@pg3913]

This is Michigan. Let the hunters control them by changing late season bag limits

[@paulstoyek381]

Unfortunately in MichiCanada this option is utilized less and less due to the overpopulation of overweight bleach blonde Karen's this state also has to deal with..

[@DMS_6482]

Yep, I agree!

[@michigangundogoutdoors9234]

We’re only aloud 5 in possession so if there’s 5 in the freezer I’m not allowed more

[@chadweyek1332]

The possession limit is 15 geese, your daily limit is 5, any possession limit is 3x your daily harvest limit is all stated right in the waterfowl digest or available online

[@LTB528]

How cruel. I live by the Lake St Clair. I see how well the geese care for their young. Thank you for reporting on this horrific practice of our DNR.

[@mel40ish]

OMG, How stupid is this? Killing Swans??? Quit making Man Made Lakes! Good Lord, I grew up on Lake St. Clair on a Canal!!!!!!

[@patrickforrest9209]

Swans are invasive

[@thesprinklerguy2598]

They are not native and end native wildlife. the starlings and common house sparrow are invasive as well, starlings take over native birds nests and take out native species as well. take you pick. do nothing and let it get out of hand or use our knowledge to fix these issues. are you willing to pay more taxes for some humane way of keeping them all alive?

[@donnalowery9039]

No it's not the swans it is the Canadian geese very problematic to America wildlife

[@mel40ish]

@@donnalowery9039 They said in the clip about killing Swans as well and show them being going after them along with the geese.

[@johncmitchell4941]

@@mel40ish Trumpeter swans are native to Michigan. Mute swans are not. They're the most aggressive of swans, and as messy as any of them.

[@lifespanwellnessbeauty-60i64]

This is very sick. Very, very sick. Why on earth would you euthanize healthy animals?

[@dee6338]

Because there are too many of them like deer. people eat geese as well

[@thesprinklerguy2598]

They are becoming a pest. They used to be endangered with less on 10,000 counted in michigan 50 years ago and still protected by federal law.. they are now at 300,000+ anyone that lives off a small lake has to walk through a field of geese poo

[@ICEPICK7882]

I herd that goose meat tastes awful because of all the fertilizer they eat while pooping all over.

[@dee6338]

​@@ICEPICK7882 I agree

[@donyoung6463]

​@@ICEPICK7882I've heard it has a blue color and is very oily as well, a acquired taste.

[@markdanielczyk944]

News flash: Geese fly through in the spring, a few families stick around and raise their young. Then they fly through in the fall, stay for the day, then leave. It's no big deal. When I get my property, I'll take all the geese I can get! On my land they can stay and live comfortably!

[@penguinshoes6256]

GEESE LIVES MATTER

[@rockybirddog]

Make limits bigger for hunters

[@valkyrie1066]

They are edible. Just sayin'. It isn't bright to have an "infestation" of edible animals. Nobody has an infestation of cows, pigs, goats, or chickens. First World problems. Eat the extras, DONE.

[@johncmitchell4941]

Make seasons longer too.

[@davidtimmermann7226]

Can't hunt in city parks and golf courses.

[@michaelmcmurphy3397]

Nailed it, thats where they hang out now. Its getting out of control, and becoming pests.​@davidtimmermann7226

[@rockybirddog]

@@davidtimmermann7226 I have hunted several golf courses….you only need to be 450’ away from any dwelling or have landowner permission if you’re closer to shoot geese….there is some waterfowl hunting on pretty “urban” lakes. Potentially even have a draw to have limited amount of hunters.

[@emsleywyatt3400]

They're eating the geese!

[@TakenTook]

The fact that people thought that geese were being caught and eaten in Ohio was so ridiculous. If the people of that town really thought the story was true, then they should be asking for these geese to be relocated to that town. Of course they are not going to bring it up at this point -- because the disinformation has already done the job they wanted it to do

[@paulstoyek381]

😂😂😂😂

[@sherriedgar5170]

Human population is out of control.

[@yehimstone5492]

Not true

[@JuwanBuchanan]

@@yehimstone5492It’s true. Human stupidity

[@dee6338]

There are too many geese like the deer and people eat them both

[@cr9206]

​@@yehimstone5492that's what Bill Gates and WEF say

[@davidtimmermann7226]

Can't be processed and given to food banks?

[@LivingWithGeese]

No. They throw them into landfills because it's too expensive to process them. Anyone saying different is lying.

[@stephenurban1051]

People all want them until you have to deal with them

[@livingroomsports2768]

Best comment.

[@feral_housecat]

It is a Canada goose, not Canadian. It is the details...

[@carlag.9914]

You get offended because you're Canadian lol

[@larryhall7998]

Send them to Springfield!!!

[@stanford2444]

So that white guy has something to eat.

[@Giowhat]

This is disgusting! I have a large pond and they always come to visit!

[@norxgirl1]

Wow! We have Canadian geese that stop over on their migration twice a year, coming and going, northern middle Tennessee....rural. Their numbers have decreased significantly in the past 10 years since we've been here. They are magnificent creatures....I always pray for them going overhead....they are on a mission, and work together beautifully, taking turns to be the lead goose in the formation and honking each other along. I have been thinking that many get taken out in their travels with all the crazy weather events around the planet..... Sure hate to learn that they are being euthanized in large numbers.....

[@ddunvideo]

The beaches at Kent Lake are decimated with feces.

[@johnrobert809]

That's nature😊

[@johncmitchell4941]

@@johnrobert809 So is the mouse in your house.

[@johnrobert809]

Maybe you should clean your septic instead of dumping into the lake

[@stanford2444]

@@johnrobert809 Yep and so is eating them

[@johncmitchell4941]

Too many city folk commenting who've never dealt with geese pooping all over their yard or in their pond. btw, In some states it's illegal to transport and release nuisance animals to be someone else's problem. And not everyone gardens just to feed wildlife. Raccoons eating your sweet corn? Oh well...

[@todbrown7597]

xmas goose dinners for the homeless?

[@manuelmoraleda9684]

Agree for population control.

[@jeffrobinson2358]

They moved to the lake and put up a 3 million dollar mansion with a golf course that used to be a field where the geese used to do their nesting, and want those pesky geese are pooping on golf green!

[@TandTacoustic]

What a jerk- we live here for a component of nature. Kills nature. smh

[@MyThoughtsDontBelong2U]

I've become very fond of these birds in recent years.

[@MagicMelodysMeadows]

With all the starving people in our country can't we find away to feed the homeless with the overpopulation of geese. I would never be able to harm any animal myself, but I understand about over population and being hungry. I once lived on Buckeye Lake in Ohio and during the summer hundreds of geese made it impossible to walk on the beach and swim in the water. 😢

[@stanford2444]

But are they eatting them?

[@AhJodie]

It is ridiculous to simply kill a food source. They are beautiful, and every part of them can be used, even their poop. Something like this was done in Southern Wisconsin. I also cannot believe they are shooting swans and doing it where houses are so close!

[@insertnamehere313]

"Canadian Gooses...not Geese"

[@CRAFT7445]

Have you ever tried putting up a sign that says “GOOSE FREE ZONE”?

[@johnr7471]

Too bad for those who live on lakes that were there many years before the homes were thrown up. It’s part of living on a lake.

[@999fine4]

They look like they were treated well. How well did the Vietnam vet do gooder treat the people of Vietnam during the war.

[@donyoung6463]

I live in a town with a large goose population, they will attack you, hissing with wings extended, especialy if you get near their nest, so mush for oiling eggs.

[@MADSEAL101]

Geese Lives Matter

[@daleyounk8005]

These are migratory birds people. If you relocate or eliminate them but still have attractive resources for them, guess what... more show up next week. Numbers can be influenced by hunting seasons and bag limits. But if you live in a migratory flyway and have resources, they depend on you gonna have to learn to co-exist with nature.

[@j.i.m.9671]

I wish our city in Colorado would get rid of the Canadian Geese here. In the winter they come into towns and leave their feces all over the sidewalks and in our parks. It's disgusting. I'm afraid of an e coli outbreak here. Many years ago some animal lovers thought it was a good idea to raise baby geese here and they assumed they would fly south for the winter and then come back in the summer but oh no they didn't go south because they were unnaturally raised here. They can scratch thru the snow here enough to get food.

[@kennardjohnson7875]

They trap and harvest for food and feathers. I don't think they should kill swans,but have no issues with geese.

[@SmokeJensen]

Definitely and unfortunately an issue that needs to be addressed. Think they should be donated to a food bank. Thats a lot of goose sausage going to waste.

[@King_TuTT]

these bird have large poop and its nasty and dirty.

[@sunii4264]

If you have a problem with Canadian geese then you have a problem....😊

[@johncmitchell4941]

"If you have a problem with Canadian geese then you have .. them messing up your property." Fixed that for ya. Can/may I capture and a few and send them to you?

[@sunii4264]

@johncmitchell4941 my post is a Letter Kenny thirst trap.

[@NeonKue]

I hear Springfield, OH loves them there 😅

[@jamesmix20]

This seems simple.... can we eat the eggs? ? ?

[@wood4278]

Swans are very dangerous...heard a story of a Waterford man drowned in front of his kids by one

[@dee6338]

They are assholes

[@rickboer7715]

I'm Canadian and I don't object to this .These geese poop everywhere and they can be violent. you can have them all.

[@martybritton267]

Because there are millions of them go to upstate NY in the fall and just watch the size and countless flocks that fly over all day and night headed south and then repeats when returning in the spring

[@Irejectthisspying]

Is this why Belle Isle Beach had a problem?

[@BoogieFinger]

Hopefully it is because they are here illegally ......

[@thesprinklerguy2598]

overpopulated.. 9000 50 years ago, now 300k+. they relocated them because they were considered endangered

[@bruceadams9542]

They are a problem but if you can relocate that will be good.

[@LilyJ0000]

Wonder how Canada feels about this. Smh

[@rusty9934]

Peta u gonna let them get away with this???

[@rodgeroxie8459]

You can’t even go to church just cause there’s so much duck waste. All over the sidewalks, the grass.. I have to carry my service animal so that she won’t walk the waist of these ducks

[@cr9206]

Ever think about a garden hose? Killing Geese so they don't crap? What church are you attending? Our Father of Satan?

[@Roger-ws8rj]

Yeah, I don't really expect too much from people who can't spell their own names right.

[@sidneyjohnson7913]

Where do I sign up??? I’d love to help restore the balance in this world…….

[@Gatorraider]

No wonder we don't see the geese like we used to, to the south...🤔

[@donnalowery9039]

No that's not upsetting the Canadian geese are actually killing our American ducks

[@LivingWithGeese]

This is a new level of stupid. Geese do not kill ducks. Hunters do.

[@jackXoxO206]

Its cruel and inhumane. Wow.

[@johnreed9533]

They knew the geese would vote for Trump. Lol😅

[@LaurenaLaCroix]

Horrible

[@judybrow5212]

😢

[@Evenstar-sb7pu]

Watcanged? Did the vote republican?

[@ChristopherAustin-vj9uu]

Smh.. people are dumb

[@ssmit397]

Maybe take the eggs

[@tommy2liter448]

People more worried animals but no don’t care about human life.

[@vytildie]

It's AND, not OR. GROW UP!