DFK! wrote:
Corolinth wrote:
I felt threatened for my life.
That, as far as I can tell, provides no exemption.
You are likely liable for civil fines up to $100,000; criminal fines up to $200,000; and up to 4 years in prison, depending upon the current status of the species. In addition, any real property you hold that was used, however marginally, in the act is subject to forfeiture and liquidation by the government, including merely owning the land on which you "took" the species.
Keep in mind, IANAL, but you may not want to claim geese-termination on the interweb.
I don't believe Canada Geese are protected under any of those laws seeing as the Department of Agricultre
actually kills them as pests.Coro, the U.S. Air Force thanks you for your efforts, but points out that you have a long way to go seeing as the geese have an E-3C Sentry and its entire crew to their credit:
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In North America, non-migratory Canada Goose populations have been on the rise. The species is frequently found on golf courses, parking lots and urban parks, which would have previously hosted only migratory geese on rare occasions. Owing to its adaptability to human-altered areas, it has become the most common waterfowl species in North America. In many areas, non-migratory Canada Geese are now regarded as pests. They are suspected of being a cause of an increase in high fecal coliforms at beaches.[6] An extended hunting season and the use of noise makers have been used in an attempt to disrupt suspect flocks.
Since 1999, The United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services agency has been engaged in lethal culls of Canada Geese primarily in urban or densely populated areas. The agency responds to municipalities or private land owners, such as golf courses, who find the geese obtrusive or object to their waste.[7] Addling goose eggs and destroying nests are promoted as humane population control methods.[8]
In 1995, a US Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska struck a flock of Canada Geese on takeoff and crashed, killing all 24 crew. The accident sparked efforts to avoid such events, including habitat modification, aversion tactics, herding and relocation, and culling of flocks.[9] A collision with a flock of migratory[10] Canada Geese resulted in US Airways Flight 1549 suffering a total power loss after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, New York City, New York on 15 January 2009.[11] The pilot brought the plane to an emergency 'splash'-landing in the Hudson River causing only minor injuries to the 155 passengers and crew.[12]