The Issue: The decision to cull 700 Canada geese that jeopardized flight safety near JFK Airport.
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The 700 Canada geese that were murdered set down in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (emphasis on the word refuge) to molt, and when their new feathers grew in they’d leave (“For a Goose-Free JFK,” Editorial, July 14).
Why do you get such inordinate pleasure from the pain of animals? You certainly haven’t a clue about the subject of air- passenger safety.
There’s a lot more involved here, but why confuse people about the facts?
Denise Breslin
Manhattan
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I reside in Flushing, and I would prefer to hear the sweet, wild sound of a flock of geese than have window-rattling roars from those obnoxious jets that fly over my house with extreme regularity.
I’ve lived here for years, and it’s never been this bad.
Jon Raz
Flushing
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Not only will this horrible slaughter not make flying safer, it now makes living on federally protected land fatal — as if New York City’s wildlife doesn’t already have a hard-enough time finding safe living space.
If safety truly is the issue, then making sure that pilots, crewmen, luggage handlers and aircraft are all up to the job might be a better course of action. Besides, there are many nonlethal methods of wildlife control that are more effective than slaughter.
As a Queens resident, I am offended at government’s encroachment on federally protected land to carry out a misguided and ill-informed mission against the geese.
The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge should be a sanctuary, not a killing field.
Yvonne Williams
Jamaica