CFPOA kills protected birds due to their mess

The CFPOA advertises to address the "mess" left by the Canada geese in Connestee Falls by encouraging hunters to shoot them in our residential subdivision.  The original notice can be downloaded here.  The ad reads as follows:

"A controlled reduction effort will be forthcoming during Sept. to control our Canada Geese population in order to reduce the mess they leave behind, which can be harmful to humans and animals and contaminate our lakes.  This will take place on all four lakes and other common areas 9/1 - 9/30, generally early in the morning and in the evening.  We are doing this with State hunting licenses for Canada Geese.  We are following all applicable laws and hunting safety."

Connestee Falls claims that their core values include being a "Stewardship of the environment - We strive to ensure that our homes, common infrastructure and activities are harmonious with our natural surroundings". 

Connesteefalls.net's position reflects the MBTA to protect and LIVE with wildlife and not blowing it's brains out.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), originally passed in 1918, implements the United States’ commitment to four bilateral treaties, or conventions, for the protection of a shared migratory bird resource. The original treaty upon which the MBTA was passed was the Convention for the protection of Migratory Birds signed with Great Britain in 1916 on behalf of Canada for the protection of the many species of birds that traverse certain parts of the United States and Canada in their annual migration. The primary motivation for negotiation of the 1916 treaty and the passage of the MBTA was to stop the indiscriminate slaughter of migratory birds by market hunters and others. The MBTA was subsequently amended as treaties were signed with Mexico (1936, amended 1972 and 1999), Japan (1972), and Russia (1976). The Canadian Treaty was amended in December of 1995 to allow traditional subsistence hunting of migratory birds.

Canada geese are Federally protected by the MBTA by reason of the fact that they are listed as migratory birds in all four treaties. Regulations must meet the requirements of the most restrictive of the four, which for Canada geese is the treaty with Canada.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act provides that it is unlawful to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, possess, sell, purchase, barter, import, export, or transport any migratory bird, or any part, nest, or egg of any such bird, unless authorized by permit. Take is defined in regulations as: pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, would, kill, trap, capture, or collect.

For further details regarding the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, visit:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title16/chapter7_subchapterii_.html