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Canada geese moved to new home

Thursday, June 17, 1999 | 10:29 a.m.

But the honkers pose even a bigger concern for pilots. The big birds can cause serious problems should they be sucked into an airplane engine.

To try to control the geese population from getting out of hand, young birds are routinely gathered up and shipped to greener pastures.

About 120 were gathered Wednesday at Virginia Lake. The birds will be trucked to wildlife management areas around the state.

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