tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post9192472496423874893..comments2023-10-24T11:05:25.288-04:00Comments on Mark Rauterkus & Running Mates ponder current events: Honesty matters to me. With public issues, like treatment at the parks, honesty's value is double.Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-47102249919776069332007-07-19T08:59:00.000-04:002007-07-19T08:59:00.000-04:00I agree with Mark. This seemed excessive and bruta...I agree with Mark. This seemed excessive and brutal. In no one does this "out of the blue" action seem right.Thomas Leturgeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452123582626408864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-52170440125869578312007-07-18T21:54:00.000-04:002007-07-18T21:54:00.000-04:00Lies are never needed.And, the parks were ignored ...Lies are never needed.<BR/><BR/>And, the parks were ignored -- and have been ignored for many, many years.<BR/><BR/>I was at North Park the same weekend at the outdoor pool. It is in a bad way. Shambles comes to mind.<BR/><BR/>We need park people making park decisions -- not Onorato and other cronies on Grant Street.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-20910276177991890002007-07-18T18:31:00.000-04:002007-07-18T18:31:00.000-04:00This kill was needed.This kill was needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-79484004062759707112007-07-18T13:47:00.000-04:002007-07-18T13:47:00.000-04:00Perhaps that is why even the geese don't land with...Perhaps that is why even the geese don't land within the city limits.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-22321895652637705782007-07-18T13:45:00.000-04:002007-07-18T13:45:00.000-04:00We should have just gotten Motznik out there to li...We should have just gotten Motznik out there to license the geese.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725494226277483936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-4947054223063384582007-07-18T13:14:00.000-04:002007-07-18T13:14:00.000-04:00Federal agents euthanize 272 Canada geese in Alleg...Federal agents euthanize 272 Canada geese in Allegheny County<BR/>By Justin Vellucci<BR/>TRIBUNE-REVIEW<BR/>Wednesday, July 18, 2007<BR/><BR/>Allegheny County officials announced Tuesday that 272 Canada geese were captured in North Park and exterminated last weekend -- despite promises to avoid lethal means of controlling the birds and their feces.<BR/><BR/>The action, conducted early Friday and Saturday by five federal Department of Agriculture officials, was the boldest step in a decade-long battle to manage the roughly 700 geese at the 3,010-acre county park.<BR/><BR/>Officials have addled hundreds of Canada goose eggs -- killing the birds before they hatch -- since at least 2000, but that and other measures have not worked to contain the bird's growing numbers, said parks Director Andrew G. Baechle.<BR/><BR/>"We're hoping this was a one-time correction to the Canada geese population in the park," Baechle said in a prepared statement.<BR/><BR/>Animal-rights groups quickly attacked the move, which they called a violation of earlier pledges to avoid euthanasia.<BR/><BR/>"Extermination was not the answer, and it is not going to be the answer," said Peter McKosky, 26, of the North Side, a wildlife coordinator with Voices for Animals of Western Pennsylvania. "They lied about what they were going to do. And now they're going to have to deal with a lot of ongoing controversy from people who appreciated the geese being there."<BR/><BR/>"Next June or next May, they'll get another crop of geese coming in from another place that will know nothing of this roundup," said David Feld of GeesePeace, a Virginia-based group that advocates nonlethal means of controlling the birds.<BR/><BR/>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, in the meantime, objects to officials referring to last week's action as "euthanasia."<BR/><BR/>"That is not euthanasia. That is slaughtering those animals. That is massacring those animals," said Stephanie Boyles, a PETA wildlife biologist. "The word 'euthanasia' means 'good death' -- (and) what they did was not that. They sent them to a USDA slaughterhouse, and a death there is anything but humane."<BR/><BR/>Baechle said the county paid $7 to process each bird after they were "euthanized humanely." If the bird's flesh is free of contaminants, it will be donated to local food shelters. He declined to comment further.<BR/><BR/>USDA officials could not be reached late yesterday.<BR/><BR/>Justin Vellucci can be reached at jvellucci@tribweb.com or 412-320-7847.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-30215420928769178302007-07-18T13:13:00.000-04:002007-07-18T13:13:00.000-04:00GeesePeace First, … Focus on Leadership. Community...<A HREF="http://www.geesepeace.org/" REL="nofollow">GeesePeace</A> First, … Focus on Leadership. Community leaders need make only one decision. That is … we will solve the problem … before crisis … we will do it humanely. We will focus our energies on finding a solution we all can accept and that solution will make us a more unified, spirited and proud community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com