
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, September 14, 1993                   TAG: 9309140237
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WILLIAMSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

GOLF COURSE WORKERS KILL 39 GEESE

The state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries on Monday was investigating the poisoning of 39 Canada geese by workers at Governor's Landing golf course.

Game warden Sgt. R.P. Hickman said the geese were found dead Sept. 7 and were poisoned by an unidentified chemical. The chemical apparently was mixed with seed and left out on the course for the birds, he said.

Golfers had complained that the flock was damaging the course, tearing up the fairways and defecating on the putting greens.

It is illegal to poison migratory waterfowl. Hickman said he will decide by Wednesday whether to file charges.

The workers who poisoned the geese didn't mean to kill them, only to make them sick so they'd fly away, said Jerry Moore, president of Governor's Land Management Co. - Associated Press

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