# They shoot ducks don't they?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-shoot-ducks-dont-they/489832>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-shoot-ducks-dont-they/489832 "2009-03-18T02:37:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-shoot-ducks-dont-they/489832/41 "2009-03-18T22:56:43Z")

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> [@Race\_Harley](#):
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> The East River just north of LaGuardia Airport. :dubious:

Is that near the viaduct?  
😃

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**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-shoot-ducks-dont-they/489832/42 "2009-03-19T05:10:12Z")

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> [@Kevbo](#):
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> Thank you, thank you, thank you, for NOT typing _Canadian_ geese…like nails on a chalk board, that is.

So what do you think about Canadian bacon? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-shoot-ducks-dont-they/489832/43 "2009-03-19T05:27:50Z")

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> [@Blake](#):
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> Relocate them where? Wild horses are, well, wild. The world already has too many horses so they have no economic value and there is quite a cost involved in live capture and transport of these animals even if you do have somewhere to relocate them to, and who pays that cost?
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> The fact is that whether we are talking about sparrows or horses or elephants, in most cases when there are to many of them the only sensible solution is to shoot them. There simply isn’t the money to move them and even if there were there is nowhere to move them to.

Ten cents a pound.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Quack\_s\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Duck\_Quack\_s\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Quack_s_Echo)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-shoot-ducks-dont-they/489832/44 "2009-03-19T06:34:44Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> Just checking in to report there is an echo.

You called? 😃

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