‘More geese may have to be culled’ at Leeds-Bradford Airport (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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‘More geese may have to be culled’ at Leeds-Bradford Airport
10:40am Tuesday 14th February 2012 in News By Annette McIntyre
Geese and ducks on Yeadon Tarn
More geese culling to ensure the safety of planes at Leeds Bradford Airport cannot be ruled out in future, an airport chief has said.
Carl Lapworth, the airport’s operations and engineering director, said urgent action was needed from time to time, and he stressed that it was not possible to rule out future culls.
Mr Lapworth, who has recently met with residents protesting against the killing of geese at Yeadon Tarn last year, told the Telegraph & Argus that the airport already had a habitat management plan to stop birds becoming a safety hazard to planes.
He said measures such as egg picking were already in place – but sometimes it was necessary to react quickly to a particular problem.
Mr Lapworth stressed that the airport had to order the killing of some of the geese last year because of a threat to safety as a number of geese were flying from the Tarn across the airport.
“The fundamental risk is that what happened in New York a number of years ago with an aircraft that hit a flock of geese that forced it down into the harbour.
“The issue with geese is that they don’t just fly on their own – they flock together.”
Mr Lapworth stressed that the airport already used scaring tactics to deflect the geese but had a duty to ensure safety.
“We have got to be prepared if suddenly a flock of geese descend and set up a roost somewhere in the locality, and then decide to fly across the airport,” he said. “We have got to be able to deal with that.”
Local people put up RIP notices after ten geese were killed around the Tarn last year and several more were culled nearby in a later incident.
Protesters argue that the geese have lived at Yeadon Tarn for many years without it being deemed necessary to kill them, and they say more humane methods should be found.
Food and Environment Research Agency officers shot the flock last year, after it was deemed “a significant risk to aircraft.”
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Mr Blondе
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1:14pm Tue 14 Feb 12
legallyblonde
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1:20pm Tue 14 Feb 12
zippiehippie
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1:28pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Outraged Citizen
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1:30pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Mr Blondе wrote:wow, no wonder Bradford is in such a mess with numpties like you around!
Drain the Tarn, fill it in, and grass it over. Problem solved. ;-)
Outraged Citizen
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1:30pm Tue 14 Feb 12
zippiehippie wrote:Yes, I hope they crash.
Cull the planes. Simple
Biker71
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2:27pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Let's try this and then see how sympathetic the locals are then.
Outraged English Subject
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3:26pm Tue 14 Feb 12
northyboy
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4:17pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Outraged Citizen wrote:What an absolutely stupid, crass and absurd thing to write. You should be banned from making comments!
zippiehippie wrote:Yes, I hope they crash.
Cull the planes. Simple
More Ham
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4:28pm Tue 14 Feb 12
northyboy wrote:well said that man!
Outraged Citizen wrote:What an absolutely stupid, crass and absurd thing to write. You should be banned from making comments!
zippiehippie wrote:Yes, I hope they crash.
Cull the planes. Simple
Outraged Citizen
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4:31pm Tue 14 Feb 12
northyboy wrote:No more stupid, crass or absurd than proposals to shoot innocent Geese. And I often am banned from making comments!
Outraged Citizen wrote:What an absolutely stupid, crass and absurd thing to write. You should be banned from making comments!
zippiehippie wrote:Yes, I hope they crash.
Cull the planes. Simple
northyboy
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4:39pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Outraged Citizen wrote:So you think that domestic airplanes filled with passengers crashing equates the same as a few geese being culled in the name of protecting peoples lives???? You sir, are a fool! (And I'm not surprised you are frequently banned).
northyboy wrote:No more stupid, crass or absurd than proposals to shoot innocent Geese. And I often am banned from making comments!
Outraged Citizen wrote:What an absolutely stupid, crass and absurd thing to write. You should be banned from making comments!
zippiehippie wrote:Yes, I hope they crash.
Cull the planes. Simple
More Ham
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4:54pm Tue 14 Feb 12
MisterBD
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5:02pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Outraged Citizen wrote:Cull freeze and sell at christmas that's the best thing to do !
northyboy wrote:No more stupid, crass or absurd than proposals to shoot innocent Geese. And I often am banned from making comments!Outraged Citizen wrote:What an absolutely stupid, crass and absurd thing to write. You should be banned from making comments!zippiehippie wrote: Cull the planes. SimpleYes, I hope they crash.
Mr Blondе
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5:28pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Outraged Citizen wrote:Missed the winking smiley, in your hurry to post an insult, did you?.....knob!
Mr Blondе wrote:wow, no wonder Bradford is in such a mess with numpties like you around!
Drain the Tarn, fill it in, and grass it over. Problem solved. ;-)
Mr Blondе
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5:32pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Biker71 wrote:They periodically fire loud bangs off in Girlington. Only difference is they're not blanks.
A common method to keep birds away from an airfield is to periodically fire loud bangs off, blank shotgun cartridges etc and this scares them away.
Let's try this and then see how sympathetic the locals are then.
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Also your likely to have smackheads turning up at the airport thinking the new delivery has arrived.
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For the benefit of the outraged knob.... it's a joke you plank.
ollie59
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5:37pm Tue 14 Feb 12
MisterBD
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5:40pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Mr Blondе wrote:joke eh - yeh right !
Biker71 wrote: A common method to keep birds away from an airfield is to periodically fire loud bangs off, blank shotgun cartridges etc and this scares them away. Let's try this and then see how sympathetic the locals are then.They periodically fire loud bangs off in Girlington. Only difference is they're not blanks. . Also your likely to have smackheads turning up at the airport thinking the new delivery has arrived. . For the benefit of the outraged knob.... it's a joke you plank.
More Ham
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5:50pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Outraged Citizen
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6:27pm Tue 14 Feb 12
MisterBD wrote:Frozen airline pilot for Xmas dinner...yummy
Outraged Citizen wrote:Cull freeze and sell at christmas that's the best thing to do !
northyboy wrote:No more stupid, crass or absurd than proposals to shoot innocent Geese. And I often am banned from making comments!Outraged Citizen wrote:What an absolutely stupid, crass and absurd thing to write. You should be banned from making comments!zippiehippie wrote: Cull the planes. SimpleYes, I hope they crash.
Outraged Citizen
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6:29pm Tue 14 Feb 12
northyboy wrote:Life is life, no matter whether it be a Goose or a Human, there is no difference. It is, therefore, unjust to kill Geese in case they cause a crash. By the same logic why not kill some passengers instead?
Outraged Citizen wrote:So you think that domestic airplanes filled with passengers crashing equates the same as a few geese being culled in the name of protecting peoples lives???? You sir, are a fool! (And I'm not surprised you are frequently banned).
northyboy wrote:No more stupid, crass or absurd than proposals to shoot innocent Geese. And I often am banned from making comments!
Outraged Citizen wrote:What an absolutely stupid, crass and absurd thing to write. You should be banned from making comments!
zippiehippie wrote:Yes, I hope they crash.
Cull the planes. Simple
More Ham
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6:29pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Outraged Citizen
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More Ham
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Outraged Citizen
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More Ham wrote:Less Ham, if you please.
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Outraged Citizen
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6:56pm Tue 14 Feb 12
ollie59 wrote:The Airport is also frequently buzzed by flying saucers, I saw one myself last Summer, but they never publicize that!
How about culling the scrotes who shine lasers into the cockpit when aircraft are coming in to land. As much of a risk surely?
northyboy
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8:56pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Outraged Citizen wrote:Should'nt you be back in your "secure unit" by this time?
ollie59 wrote:The Airport is also frequently buzzed by flying saucers, I saw one myself last Summer, but they never publicize that!
How about culling the scrotes who shine lasers into the cockpit when aircraft are coming in to land. As much of a risk surely?
More Ham
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8:59pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Outraged Citizen
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11:22pm Tue 14 Feb 12
More Ham wrote:Spoken by someone who has obviously not studied any of the evidence. And I didn't say they come from light years away, I didn't say where they come from, because I don't know. They may be aliens from a distant plane(s), or perhaps time travelers from future earth? On the other hand they could be inter-dimensional visitors, astral travelers, or something more akin to Angels (or Demons)? I don't know, but flying saucers DO exist ( I HAVE SEEN ONE WITH MY OWN EYES) and are regularly sighted over the Bradford area. You have the internet at your fingertips, educate yourself.
Ed lmao! flying saucers come all the way to Earth (form many light years) to buzz a Yorkshire airport, (he is)
Outraged Citizen
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11:24pm Tue 14 Feb 12
northyboy wrote:Why, for telling the truth? The whole of West Yorkshire is a UFO hotspot. I saw one over Bradford last year.
Outraged Citizen wrote:Should'nt you be back in your "secure unit" by this time?
ollie59 wrote:The Airport is also frequently buzzed by flying saucers, I saw one myself last Summer, but they never publicize that!
How about culling the scrotes who shine lasers into the cockpit when aircraft are coming in to land. As much of a risk surely?
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Outraged Citizen
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More Ham wrote:Why do you bother to comment if you have nothing intelligent to say?
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Outraged Citizen
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Why do you. Moreover my comments have absolutely nothing to do with you! Now be quiet I’m up Yeadon way in a bush culling flying saucers. Ed.
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ollie59 wrote:The Airport is also frequently buzzed by flying saucers, I saw one myself last Summer, but they never publicize that!
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