Such a cull is as about as sensible and useful as the mediaeval
practice of culling cats on the grounds that they may become witches'
familiars. Seeing as it invariably the aircraft which strike the
birds, the blame and duty of care, should perhaps be placed on the
aircraft manufactures and operators for not having an adequate
avoidance system. After-all, airliners do have systems to assist with
avoiding other aircraft. Birds are much slower moving than aircraft
and should be fairly easy to detect, especially ones the size of
Canada Geese.
Carl Clifford
On 20/06/2009, at 11:53 AM, Stephen Ambrose wrote:
An interesting (and unfortunate) response to the recent bird
collisions with
the plane over the Hudson River. I question the effectiveness of culling
2,000 Canada Geese in reducing the risk of future collisions. It would
appear to me that other Canada Geese (and/or other large waterbirds)
would
move into the area to fill the niche left vacant by the euthanased
individuals. I'm pretty sure that the air-space over the Hudson River
would
also be within the annual migratory flight path of Canada Geese.
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
Geese culled to curb NYC air disasters
10:44 AEST Sat Jun 20 2009
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About 800 Canada geese around New York City's two airports have been
trapped
and euthanased, part of an effort to reduce the type of bird strike
that led
to a jetliner landing in the Hudson River.
Birds have been culled from 15 sites within 8km of LaGuardia and Kennedy
airports.
US Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Carol Bannerman says agency
biologists and other specialists are trapping and killing the birds.
Officials plan to kill 2,000 geese within weeks.
US Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia on January 15
and
was over the Bronx when it ran into geese and lost both engines.
Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger safely landed the plane in the river
that
lies between Manhattan and New Jersey. All 155 aboard survived.
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