Michigan DNR halts plan to euthanize Canada geese with gas chambers

Amid public outcry, Michigan pauses goose-killing program

Michigan last year began allowing landowners to get permits to kill nuisance geese. But after outcry from animal rights activists, the state is pausing the program and looking into non-lethal options.

Michigan pauses program to lethally gas nuisance geese

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has paused a pilot program that allowed for the collection and lethal gassing of nuisance Canada geese, according to a Friday letter from M. Scott Bowen, the state agency's director.

Michigan DNR halts plan to euthanize Canada geese with gas chambers

The euthanasia program was slated to begin next month.

Michigan DNR halts program to euthanize Canada geese

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan lawmakers recently passed a controversial proposal to lethally gas Canada geese. However, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it’s now changing course.  The pilot proposal passed by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission last October allowed for the roundup and lethal gassing of Canada geese during summer months when they’re flightless, as a way to reduce overpopulation and conflict. Under t…

Michigan pauses program to lethally gas nuisance geese at Belle Isle, other sites

On April 22, 12 Democratic lawmakers expressed concerns about the "capture and euthanasia" program in a letter to the Natural Resources Commission.

Gretchen Whitmer’s DNR to 'pause' plan to gas geese to death - The Midwesterner

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is backing off its plan to gas nuisance geese following fierce public backlash and a petition from thousands demanding a better option. “One of the Wildlife Division’s objectives is to develop, recommend and implement policies and regulation to manage wildlife and human-wildlife interactions,” DNR Director Scott Bowen wrote in […]