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Hunting geese to feed the poor

Published on : 22 February 2012 - 6:55pm | By Eric Beauchemin (Screenshot: NOS)
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Huge numbers of geese spend the winter in the Netherlands, where they eat the grass meant for sheep and cows. To deal with the problem, Dutch farmers are shooting more and more of the birds.

In the province of North Holland alone, hunters shoot over 40,000 geese a year, far more than they could ever consume. They think it's a shame to throw good meat away, so they've begun donating it to food banks.

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Anonymous 23 February 2012 - 6:19pm

Do they use steel shot instead of toxic lead shot?

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