Hi Tweets,

Jim Brewster writes:

>Following is a clip from a story in today's Seattle Times about the "geese
>police", officers with dogs who chase the geese (the dogs, not the officers)
>along the waterfront. Thought it might be of interest to Tweeters:
>
><< The goose problem didn't exist a few decades ago. In the 1960s, there were
>thought to be fewer than 100 Canada geese in the Seattle area. Now, there are
>estimated to be 5,000, and each goose produces from 1 to 3 pounds of fecal
>material a day.

Apart from the bemusing image of police officers putting their years of
training to work at this task, the question arises: who are the people who
introduced these damned things in the first place and why do the rest of us
have to pay tax-dollars to clean up after their mistakes? Why is the
introducing group or agency not stuck with the job and the costs?

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)