Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

CHP Involved in Low-Speed Chase of Baby Geese on Interstate 80
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Monday, May 23, 2016 | Dianne de Guzman

Posted on 05/23/2016 6:39:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway

At about 9 a.m. on Sunday, CHP officers were tasked with an unusual call: A flock of baby geese had wandered onto westbound Interstate 80 near the Ashby Avenue exit. In a Facebook post on the incident, CHP showed endearing footage of officers escorting the geese via vehicle along the freeway.

When officers arrived on scene to find the geese, the animals were found in the left lanes of the freeway, said Officer Sean Wilkenfeld with CHP Oakland.

"We ran a traffic break and we stopped the freeway so we can get them corralled to the right hand shoulder — and that's where the world's slowest pursuit took place," Wilkenfeld said.

At least three CHP vehicles were used to corral the "felonious fowl," and Wilkenfeld said that the officers then escorted the flock to the Powell Street exit to get the geese to the water.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: california; chp; geese; goose; goslings
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last


1 posted on 05/23/2016 6:39:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

I love it.


2 posted on 05/23/2016 6:40:44 PM PDT by MarMema (`)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MarMema

Way to go, CHP!!!!!!!


3 posted on 05/23/2016 6:42:16 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: JBW1949

Make Way for Goslings?


4 posted on 05/23/2016 6:45:16 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

uh Canada Geese and goslings...illegal immigrants


5 posted on 05/23/2016 6:46:39 PM PDT by xp38
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

“Felonious fowl.” Love it.


6 posted on 05/23/2016 6:47:21 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Calvin Locke

We have several ponds in and around our subdivision...We have geese and right now plenty of little ones all over the place...I like ‘em....


7 posted on 05/23/2016 6:50:31 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: MarMema

Good for them.


8 posted on 05/23/2016 6:55:25 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: JBW1949

Our house is on a small lake. We have the geese year round. We had Mom and Dad and two half grown goslings working their way through the backyard this afternoon and ogling the chicken feeder on the way past. :-)


9 posted on 05/23/2016 6:58:21 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: xp38

No way the “little guys” were born in the USA. They are legal and the parents have anchor baby status.
What a country!


10 posted on 05/23/2016 6:59:01 PM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2016!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: JBW1949
See Make Way for Ducklings
11 posted on 05/23/2016 7:02:42 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Georgia Girl 2

I’m in North Carolina and ours aren’t quite half grown yet...About 3-4 weeks, I think....


12 posted on 05/23/2016 7:02:42 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: JBW1949

Well ours are pretty big but now that you mention it they don’t have their feathers yet so maybe four to five weeks.


13 posted on 05/23/2016 7:04:45 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Calvin Locke

Thaks...I’ll have to get that for my grandson...:o))


14 posted on 05/23/2016 7:06:01 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Georgia Girl 2

I’m jealous of your pond!!!!! I love to play with the bream with my flyrod and popping bugs....:o)


15 posted on 05/23/2016 7:07:53 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: JBW1949
We have several ponds in and around our subdivision...We have geese and right now plenty of little ones all over the place...I like ‘em....

Same up here in MN. And out in CA too. They're takin' over! :)
I like the geese more than the a-holes that just run them over while the geese and ducks are just trying to cross a side-street, not on a highway.

16 posted on 05/23/2016 7:31:45 PM PDT by BloodScarletMinnesota
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

"We've got to save them. Let me go!!!"

17 posted on 05/23/2016 7:32:50 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BloodScarletMinnesota

I know what you mean...Thankfully, around here almost everyone watches out for them....


18 posted on 05/23/2016 7:33:46 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

Someone needs to Google the word gaggle


19 posted on 05/23/2016 7:37:18 PM PDT by bigbob
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

Great that they saved the geese from being run over by car, as well as saved people who may have gotten into bad accidents because of the geese.

Good job, CHP. Sometimes doing the unconventional is the right thing to do.


20 posted on 05/23/2016 8:01:57 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson