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The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Protesters seek to stop plan to cull hundreds of geese in Alabama

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Canada geese take to flight during dense fog. Photograph: Jason Whitman/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

A homeowners association in Madison, Alabama, has incited protests and calls for humane wildlife management solutions after voting to kill off hundreds of local geese.

Dozens of people gathered in the city’s Edgewater neighborhood to protest against the non-unanimous plan by the homeowners association (HOA) there to euthanize the Canada geese at Lady Ann Lake by fatally gassing them in a chamber. They called for more humane alternatives such as using horns to scare off the geese or relocating the birds.

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