COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — The Canada geese in Coeur d'Alene won't face being euthanized as the others in the extended gaggle were recently in Sandpoint.
Bill Greenwood of the Parks Department said the birds' population in Coeur d'Alene is not as significant as it was in Sandpoint, which led USDA Wildlife Services to round up and euthanize an estimated 150 on June 23 under a statewide degradation permit in a plan approved by Mayor Shelby Rognstad.
Greenwood said Coeur d'Alene would not consider similar actions.
"They've got a bigger problem than we do," he said.
The action in Sandpoint was criticized by some, while others said it was necessary as the geese population has, for decades, left poop all over City Beach, caused disturbances and, in general, been a major nuisance.
Other, nonlethal means to drive the geese away proved ineffective.
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