So, there's a committee presenting its geese management proposals. On November 17, at 6:00, at the Picnic House [Park Slope side of the park, near 3rd Street). The Prospect Park Wildlife Management Advisory Committee (PPWMAC), from whom I heard on Oct. 29, will present their plan. Everyone with any interest in wildlife should be there. Now, they are asking that people RSVP to elandau@prospectpark.org, but I think this is a sneaky way to diminish attendance, since not everybody has e-mails, believe it or not. So just show up.
And it;s about time - wildlife is under attack again, and the Parks Dept. is doing nothing about it. One of the cygnets has an (illegal) barbed hook stuck in its foot, complete with an attached fishing line. To my knowledge, the Parks Dept. has NEVER, EVER, given out a ticket for any of the many, many violations of the fishing rules and laws. Yet they love to ticket unleashed dogs at 9:10a mere 10 minutes after the off-leash time has run out. Sorry, got carried away there.
Actually, today I only saw 3 of the cygnets. I hope the fourth one is okay and just not hanging out with its siblings. I'm going to have nightmares about the poor thing. Is it trapped in another part of the lake? Did the hook get ripped out, leaving it bleeding horribly?
Go to that meeting. We need to protect wildlife in the park.
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Good post. Hope the cygnet is OK. Let us know.
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning the important meeting tomorrow. We have to hope for great attendance.
Another insightful article from the Brooklyn Paper today. We owe this paper a dept of thanks for great investigative journalism and keepimg us informed of the truth. http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/47/dtg_goosefoia_2010_11_19_bk.html
Great job also on blog.