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As soon as i read the phrase "The Canadian honkers haven’t flown north for the summer." I knew how informative OR NOT this article would be.

THEY ARE NOT CANADIAN. They are AMERICAN. AND they are the result of your government wildlife agencies DECADES-LONG EFFORTS efforts to increase the Canada goose population in NY and Atlantic Flyway states.

And instead of being an empty mouth piece for Carol Bannerman and the USDA try doing some research....give us some STATS to show killing geese has decreased bird strikes and has effectively decreased costs to the aviation industry related to birds striking planes. The FACT is you and the USDA cannot provide any because goose killing has accomplished nothing.

Israel’s Birdstrike Control Program on the other hand showed amazing results in birdstrikes and costs related to birdstrikes – it showed an amazing decrease in costs due to birdstrikes from over 10 million a year to 82,000 a year.

ISRAEL’S BIRDSTRIKE CONTROL PROGRAM (BCP)

Prior to BCP’s involvement with the IAF, average annual damage to IAF aircraft due to birds at the Israeli airbases was roughly US $10.3 million/year!

Since the implementation of bcp’s wildlife management protocols and guidelines more than 9 years ago, the IAF has only suffered a total of us $82,000 in damage combined for all major airbases that have implemented the program (or roughly US $8,400/year).

ALL HARASSMENT CONDUCTED BY BCP’S PERSONNEL IS NON-LETHAL AND CONSERVATION FRIENDLY.

ISRAEL’S BCP INSTITUTED AT HURLBERT AIRFORCE BASE FLORIDA:

Accomplishments and reductions in costs as a result of the wildlife control services provided by BCP’s program at Hurlburt Airfield have been dramatic and resulted in being recognized in a variety of awards and acknowledgements of performance. They include:

90% reduction in repair cost for bird strikes; 95% reduction in repair costs due to damaging wildlife strikes at Hurlburt Airfield. Note: Three FY06 damaging bird strikes occurred away from Hurlburt Field over low-level training routes; 80% reduction in pyrotechnic usage; 100% REDUCTION IN NECESSITY FOR LETHAL CONTROL MEASURES (LCM)

http://www.birdstrikecontrol.com/results.html