Why not just let nature take its course?
This is an option that should be and has been considered. Arguments in favor of “letting nature take its course” rest on standard density dependence theory–the concept that at some point the goose population will grow to the point that it overwhelms the ability of the breeding habitat to support it. As the theory goes, the resulting natural crash in population from starvation will bring goose numbers back down to levels that will allow the habitat, and the geese themselves, to recover. While this boom-and-bust cycle accurately describes many natural population dynamics, it fails to account for two significant differences when applied to snow geese. First, snow geese are highly mobile and can escape density dependence by moving on to other areas at most stages of the breeding period. In fact, evidence collected from 1985 to the present clearly shows that snow geese have been dispersing in vast numbers from the deteriorating habitat at La Perouse Bay to the east and south down the coast
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