Geese Aren't Going To Spell The Potential End To The Human Race

Ed Eardley's opinion piece railing against the Canada geese at Forks Community Park is an exercise in hysteria and propaganda.
 
Attempting to persuade others that the droppings from waterfowl are "harmful" to grass or water is like saying that the excrement from fish is "toxic" to oceans.   To believe this, one has to suspend common sense to the point of paranoia and obsession.
 
What goes into a goose is what comes out:  Biodegradable, recycled grass and weeds that act like fertilizer to the environment.
 
Too bad we can't say the same for plastic bottles, bags, oil spills, charcoal runoffs from Barbeques, discarded fishing lines and other human created garbage that too often end up in our lakes, streams and ponds.  Some of those things can stay in the environment for thousands of years.
 
On April 15, major news stories informed us of how much of modern produced meat is contaminated with antibiotic resistant bacterias that are indeed harmful to human health.
 
Most mothers do feed meat to their children.
 
But, I don't know of any mother feeding her child goose droppings.
 
For those who spend their time railing and obsessing over the "safety concerns" of Canada geese and want the animals contained in the environment, they might work with community leadership to implement a responsible program for birth control of the geese, such as use of Ovo-Control or egg addling.
 
But, from what is really happening in the environment these days from nuclear meltdowns to oil spills to potentially "toxic" meat, such energies might be better spent elsewhere.
 
Geese aren't going to spell the potential end to the human race or the planet no matter how much one wants to twist the facts and rearrange the letters.   
 
WE will.  
 
Patty Adjamine,
New York City