YOU CAN SAVE 350 CANADA GEESE!

LET'S PACK THE CLARKSTOWN TOWN HALL ON TUESDAY, MAY 27 AT 7:45 P.M. TO MAKE SURE THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS VOTE TO STOP THE KILLER FROM KILLING!!!!

The mad killer of Clarkstown has been working round the clock to convince the four other town board members that he should be able to kill hundreds more geese this year. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE HAS SO FAR CONVINCED ONE OF THEM AND PUT ONE OTHER "ON THE FENCE." THEY HAVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!

PLEASE BE POLITE, BUT FIRM - The bottom line is that you want no more killing and will do whatever you need to make sure that they get re-elected and aren't disgraced if they vote to stop the killing. (PLEASE PHRASE IT THAT WAY, POSITIVELY)

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. Contact us if you get bad news from anyone.

WHO ARE THEY?

1. **RALPH MANDIA - HOME: 914- 623-5546; WK. 914- 639-2056 -
HE HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING AND DOESN'T RETURN CALLS, HE IS A FENCE SITTER AND HIS VOTE IS CRUCIAL TO WINNING

2. ANN MARIE SMITH - HOME: 914-268-7376, WK. 914-639-2056 -
SHE SAID SHE WILL VOTE AGAINST CONTINUING THE KILLING

3. JOHN MALONEY - HOME: 914-623-5185, WK. 914-267-2500 -
HE SAID HE WILL VOTE AGAINST CONTINUING THE KILLING

4. **LOUIS PROFENA - HOME 914-638-0177; WK. 914-623-8555 -
HE SAID HE WILL VOTE TO CONTINUE THE KILLING

5. HOLBROOK - THE KILLER, HOME PHONE: 914-268-7436

DON'T get into a conversation about methods for resolving the conflict with geese, simply state firmly that you want the killing stopped. NO MORE KILLING!!! TELL THEM TO CALL DR. GREGG FEIGELSON 914 425-7116 OR DIANE GRUSKIN 914- 638-5708 OF THE ROCKLAND COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COUNCIL IF THEY WANT METHODS TO USE.

YOU CAN WRITE TO THEM AT CLARKSTOWN TOWN HALL, 10 MAPLE AVENUE, CLARKSTOWN, NY 10956

Of course, STAY POLITE, we don't want to lose the folks that are with us we want to convince Mandia to come over to our side. But try to get Profena to go along, too. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP, LET'S SAVE THE GEESE!!!

More details can be found in the previous action alert below.

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Last summer Clarkstown officials paid a private contractor to round up 251 Canada geese (including life-long mated pairs, their families and 5 goslings) from three town parks to be brutally slaughtered. Despite the fact that this plan failed in many ways, town supervisor Charles Holbrook refuses to listen to reason and has announced plans to repeat the blood bath again this year. Here is the complete story.

On behalf of the geese that may become victims this year and goose complainants who want help, we ask for your participation in an important letter writing campaign. You may wish to include some of the following points in your letter:

1. The award-winning report from the "Rockland County Canada Geese Citizens Advisory Committee" recommended that complaints about geese be addressed using proven, effective non-lethal methods of control. Demand that Clarkstown comply with the findings of this report.

2. As we predicted, the removal and killing of geese was a failure . Within a week or two other geese moved in to replace those that had been removed (about 100 were counted in Kings Park). The fact that another round up is planned this year proves that killing is ineffective.

3. Despite claims to the contrary, the population of geese in the County has remained essentially constant since 1993 (approximately 3,000 geese).

4. Note that over $10,000 of taxpayer money was wasted on a "solution" that lasted for less than two weeks. Unlike killing, non-lethal methods are effective, humane and cost- effective.

5. The alleged "health threat" of geese in parks has been shown to be false by infectious disease experts.

6. Using the needy to dispose of the geese is merely a ploy to win support for an unpopular and irrational plan. Since it was anticipated that the geese would be unfit for human consumption, the plan was also a violation of human rights. (It is only because the Coalition threatened legal action that the town had the dead geese tested for toxicity -- we were right -- they were contaminated.) In desperation, Holbrook tried to give the lead-laden flesh to the zoo; they said, no thanks!

7. The claim that appropriate non-lethal methods were tried in Clarkstown is false. The record shows that only two things were tried: a feeding ban and the relocation of geese to the town dump 2 miles away. Experts in non-lethal wildlife control have stated that these efforts are not the work of someone serious about getting results.

Please write to:

Charles Holbrook
10 Maple Avenue
New City, NY 10956
Phone: (914) 639-2050
Fax: (914) 634-5456
Home Phone: (914) 268-7436

........and town board members:
John Maloney, Ann-Marie Smith, Louis Profena, Ralph Mandia
(same mailing address as Holbrook)

Send copies to:

Scott Vanderhoef, County Executive
11 New Hempstead Road
New City, NY 10956
Phone: (914) 638-5122

George H. Haas
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Migratory Bird Coordinator
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, Massachusetts 01035-9589
FAX (413) 253-8482

Rockland Journal-News
200 North Route 303
West Nyack, NY 10994
Fax: (914) 578-2477

Please send us copies of your letter and any responses you receive.