Posted on 09/16/2025 1:09:59 PM PDT by xxqqzz
Police have charged a driver accused of fatally hitting seven geese over the summer.
The driver has been charged with seven counts of animal cruelty in addition to violations of the New Jersey Fish and Wildlife regulations, the Spotswood Police Department said in a Friday statement. The driver will also face multiple motor vehicle violations.
Police did not publicize the person’s identity.
A driver hit the birds at 6:45 p.m. on July 14 on Devoe Avenue near Devoe Lake. When officers arrived, the driver had already left the area, authorities said. Investigators worked for nearly two months to identify a suspect.
Geese are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and any intentional harm caused to them may be a violation of both state and federal regulations.
A man convicted of running over five geese in a parking lot in Toms River in 2021 faced up to 90 days in jail, but was instead sentenced to two years of probation.
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7 Geese a laying?.......In the road?..............
His best sense is to tell the authorities that he honked.
For his punishment, the guy will be required to run seven times around the seven hills of Rome...
Pretty hard to hit a group of them unless intentionally, even when they are in summer molt.
And why would someone do that intentionally, anyways? A definite data point for someone’s future conduct regarding people.
In more and more cities, geese are considered pests and vermin.
Spending two months of time on this case seems insane.
Maybe they only spend two hours, two months apart.
He was supposed to stop and take a gander at the carnage?
Exactly. A cruel SOB/
Agreed. I think there should be a bounty on Canadian Geese. They make a mess everywhere.
I killed one on a Las Vegas driving range.
Hope they are not still looking for me.
Golf courses and golf clubs hate Canadian Geese. They crap everywhere, and in large quantities.
That right there should be a crime. Don’t they have drug dealers or gang bangers to investigate???? Ffs.
“Investigators worked for nearly two months to identify a suspect.”
Never mind all the illegals raping and killing innocent girls ... we’re on the trail of a serial goose killer ... full speed ahead
My daughter got attacked by a bunch of geese a few years back. She would be for giving the man a medal.
Here in Minneapolistan they are everywhere. They crap all over the athletic fields, parks, etc. And they stay all year. The ones born here are too stupid to know they should fly south in the winter.
Geese are nasty and dirty.............
I once saw a duck with a handful of ducklings walking down the median of a busy freeway during rush hour.
There’s no way they would get to safety. It would be suicidal and moronic to stop. The humane answer would be to run them over and put them out of their misery and prevent some bleeding heart Karen from causing multiple crashes by stopping to help the duckies.
“Duck, duck....._________!”
There is a Cana goose hunting season here this year. The bag limit is 10 per person per day.
Not nearly enough.
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