<P> In North America, nonmigratory Canada goose populations have been on the rise . The species is frequently found on golf courses, parking lots, and urban parks, which would have previously hosted only migratory geese on rare occasions . Owing to its adaptability to human - altered areas, it has become one of the most common waterfowl species in North America . In many areas, nonmigratory Canada geese are now regarded as pests by humans . They are suspected of being a cause of an increase in high fecal coliforms at beaches . An extended hunting season, deploying noise makers, and hazing by dogs have been used in an attempt to disrupt suspect flocks . A goal of conservationists has been to focus hunting on the nonmigratory populations (which tend to be larger and more of a nuisance) as opposed to migratory flocks showing natural behavior, which may be rarer . </P> <P> Since 1999, the United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services agency has been engaged in lethal culls of Canada geese primarily in urban or densely populated areas . The agency responds to municipalities or private land owners, such as golf courses, which find the geese obtrusive or object to their waste . Addling goose eggs and destroying nests are promoted as humane population control methods . Flocks of Canada goose can also be captured during moult and this method of culling is used to control invasive populations . </P> <P> Canada geese are protected from hunting and capture outside of designated hunting seasons in the United States by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act . In both countries, commercial transactions such as buying or trading are mostly prohibited and the possession, hunting, and interfering with the activity of the animals are subject to restrictions . In the UK, as with native bird species, the nests and eggs of Canada geese are fully protected by law, except when their removal has been specifically licensed, and shooting is generally permitted only during the defined open season . </P> <P> Geese have a tendency to attack humans when they feel themselves or their goslings to be threatened . First, the geese stand erect, spread their wings, and produce a hissing sound . Next, the geese charge . They may then bite or attack with their wings . </P>

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