Request to Peapack NJ Mayor & Council - Please don't gas the geese!

June 12, 2024

Dear Mayor & Council of Peapack-Gladstone NJ

The lethal gassing of the Canada geese in Liberty Park, Peapack NJ is imminent. We are asking you with all our hearts, to cancel the contract with the USDA and give us a chance to humanely manage the flock.

We are horrified and saddened at the thought of these creatures being shoved into a mobile gas chamber when they are unable to fly and suffocated to death by carbon dioxide.

We ask that you accept our proposal:

* We have volunteers willing to donate their time to clean up the geese droppings and keep walkways and pond water clean on a weekly basis.

* If the contract with the USDA is cancelled immediately, the Animal Protection League of NJ, will assist and serve as a resource to the town of Peapack throughout 2024 and will pay for the following:

(a) a proposal to develop a plan to enhance the existing Riparian buffer.

(b) the consultant fee for Nancy Minich, an ecological landscape designer, to develop the plan.

(c) The cost of commercial-grade Flock Free, applied by the Flock Free company only.

All we ask is that you consider every non-lethal method for managing the Canada Geese in Liberty Park.

Respectfully,

Doreen Frega
Special Projects Director
Animal Protection League of New Jersey
doreen.frega@aplnj.org
& Concerned Residents of Somerset, Morris & Warren NJ counties

CALL TO ACTION:

If you oppose the needless torture of animals, in this case, Canada Geese, call or email the mayor and council members. They are the only ones who can call off the USDA they have contracted to suffocate the Canada geese to death at the Peapack NJ pond. Contact: Mark Corigliano, Mayor, mcorigliano@peapackgladstone.org / 908-234-2250 - Ext. 111