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NYC: Andrea Peyser Wants To Kill Your Geese
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Jen Carlson
Published Aug 30, 2010
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It took her a while, but after what was surely an epic inner-debate, Andrea Peyser has sided with Mayor Bloomberg and aimed her moral compass in favor of... well, writing a sensationalist editorial for the NY Post. Basically, she wants the Canada geese dead, she wants the "militant animal-rights activists" to STFU, and she wants New Yorkers to side with humans, just like she is. But not everyone sees the issue as so cut and dry, one pro-goose human told her: "I will be gassed before I let another goose die." And the war rages on...
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