About 800 geese near NYC airports trapped, euthanized to reduce bird strikes of jetliners

NEW YORK — About 800 Canada geese around New York City’s two airports have been trapped and euthanized, part of an effort to reduce the type of bird strike that led to a jetliner landing in the Hudson River last winter

NYC to trap, gas 2,000 geese this summer in areas around airports in bid to protect aircraft

NEW YORK — New York City plans to trap and kill as many as 2,000 Canada geese this summer in an attempt to avoid the type of collision that caused an airliner to ditch in the Hudson River.