Its not just Heritage Conservation Sen. Gillibrand Opposes

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently sided with the detractors of the department of State's Cultural Property Preservation programme and refused to answer any correspondence on the matter. Now it seems she's wanting to slaughter wildlife in a nature reserve.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Wednesday proposed making it easier to round up geese from a federal refuge near Kennedy Airport and kill them [...] Gillibrand's bill would empower the U.S. Department of Agriculture to remove Canada geese from the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge during June and July when they are molting and can't fly.[...] the idea of a goose roundup at a wildlife refuge that is part of the National Park Service has its detractors. "It's the only bird refuge that we have in New York City," said Edita Birnkrant, New York director of Friends of Animals. "If they can't be protected in a wildlife refuge, then where can they be protected?"

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/26/senator-seeks-to-allow-geese-near-airports-to-be-killed

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