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Old April 30th, 2011, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Love4himies View Post
Thank you for posting that. I, personally, find it very cruel for people to allow their dogs to chase the ducks and geese who are just trying to live their lives as nature intended.
Done properly it's not cruel. No harm comes to the geese and they are completely free to leave the area. It's much less about chasing than about making them feel unsafe...they think there is a predator hunting them, which not an unnatural occurrence at all. I don't believe nature ever intended for geese to live on golf courses where they are sometimes hit and even killed by golf balls, or to nest in planter boxes in parking lots etc. In some cases the geese are actually much safer when deterred from attempting to live in an unsafe environment. There are no shortage of lakes, ponds etc. in my area where the geese could live...the unfortunate part is that humans have created landscaped areas which the geese find more attractive.
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