Humans 2. Animals 0
This fall, thre village was being set upon by animals.
Village Administrator Sean Graham reported to the Board of Trustees that:
- An influx of geese were landing at the municipal airport, making it dangerous for the intended traffic -- airplanes -- to do the same.
- Beavers were doing what beavers do so well -- build dams -- near Woodman Pond that there were problems with flooding.
To combat these problems, Graham asked for and got permission for:
- Two hunters to shoot some of the geese and leave their carcasses as warning to other geese that the airport was not a good place to land.
- A trapper to remove the beavers.
As the year draws to a close, it appears both problems have been resolved. Graham said:
- No geese got shot. There seemed to be fewer geese using the airport as runways of their own, so not were shot.
- The licensed trapper caught what Graham called "two very large and one average size" beavers and dam building has stopped.
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