In a bid to control the Canada goose population in the city, the Vancouver Park Board has approved a plan for “lethal removal.”
In a bid to control the Canada goose population in the city, the Vancouver Park Board has approved a plan for “lethal removal.”
The birds were introduced by humans in the late 1960s for hunting and other purposes, and they thrived. But the same is not true for the river ecosystem they feed on.
The Canada goose population has grown from about 100 at introduction to more than 20,000, thanks to a combination of plenty of grass and water, few natural predators such as eagles and coyotes, and restrictions on hunting of the birds.
Read more at: University of British Columbia
Photo Credit: Dominic Janus
