<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">I'm pleading with you all not to dismiss the Urbana Park District (UPD)'s horrific and cowardly plan to slaughter the migratory and resident geese who're currently at Crystal Lake Park. The issue here isn't whether one likes or hates geese, rather do our utmost to uproot the culture of violence that upholds systems of privilege by o<i>thering </i>those who're portrayed as different and undesirable.<i> </i>This is what UPD has been doing by spreading lies and ignoring non-violent options several experts have suggested to them.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">The brutality and gruesomeness of the process, which USDA would execute, is shown <i>In Defense of Animals's </i>video clip -I don't suggest you watch it, if you have the power of imagination: <a href="https://www.idausa.org/campaign/wild-animals-and-habitats/latest-news/slitting-the-necks-of-geese-is-no-harvest-for-charity/">IDA video clip </a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"> Please write to UPD staff and Commissionaires to demand they rescind their decision and implement the </font><a href="https://www.geesepeace.com/"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">www.geesepeace.com</font></a> <font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">program of population management (</font><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://youtu.be/LzXN9ZCiWo0" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/LzXN9ZCiWo0</a>)</font> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">with the of its national director and volunteers, who've offered their labor and expertise. We've only one week before the geese start to molt, during which time they can be captured, thrown in the back of a truck, and gassed.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:22px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">The staff in charge of the plan, Derek Liebert<b>:</b><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:daliebert@urbanaparks.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank">daliebert@urbanaparks.org</a></span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="line-height:15.6933px;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:22px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="line-height:15.6933px;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">UPD director<b>, </b>Tim Bartlett</span><strong><span style="line-height:15.6933px;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-weight:normal">: </span></strong><span style="line-height:15.6933px"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:%20tabartlett@urbanaparks.org" target="_blank">tabartlett@urbanaparks.org</a></span></span> </font></p></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">UPD Commissionaires:<a href=" https://www.idausa.org/campaign/wild-animals-and-habitats/latest-news/slitting-the-necks-of-geese-is-no-harvest-for-charity/"> </a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><ul style="margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Michael Walker, President, <a href="mailto:mwwalker@urbanaparks.org" target="_blank">mwwalker@urbanaparks.org</a></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Nancy Delcomyn, Vice President, <a href="mailto:nadelcomyn@urbanaparks.org" target="_blank">nadelcomyn@urbanaparks.org</a></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Meredith Blumthal, Commissioner, <a href="mailto:mrblumthal@urbanaparks.org" target="_blank">mrblumthal@urbanaparks.org</a><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Lashaunda Cunningham, Commissioner, <a href="mailto:lrcunningham@urbanaparks.org" target="_blank">lrcunningham@urbanaparks.org</a><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Roger Digges, Commissioner, <a href="mailto:rddigges@urbanaparks.org" target="_blank">rddigges@urbanaparks.org</a></font></li></ul><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks in advance,</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Niloofar Shambayati</span></font></div></div>