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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, June 28, 2012 · 4 No goose has ever been injured Continued from page 3 The aging game TheSheridanElderResearch Centre's (SERC) Business of Aging: Information Exchange Network (BA:IEN) quarterly breakfast will feature the topic of social media and feature social-media expert Donna Marie Antoniadis. The only Canadian on the Forbes list of the 20 best brandedwomenonTwitter,Antoniadis will have a presentation on how to use social networking as a marketing communications tool. In addition to a hot breakfast, a round table discussion, idea sharing and an opportunity to network will follow the presentation. The breakfast takes place on Wednesday, July 25 at Sheridan College (1430 Trafalgar Rd.) in room J216, from 8-9:30 a.m. Admission is free for BA:IEN members and $15 for nonmembers. RSVP by July 20 to Paulina Camino at 905-8459430, ext. 8617 or paulina. camino@sheridanc.on.ca. this annual exercise for a dozen years with Town staff becoming exceedingly efficient at it. He also said no goose has ever been hurt, as extreme care is taken to make sure the birds are safe. Once the geese are loaded onto the trucks, they are taken to the Aylmer Wildlife Sanctuary where they stay for six to eight weeks until they have regrown their flight feathers. At that point the geese disperse. "Some of them actually fly right back here. We know that from our leg banding efforts over the years," said Mark. "They go south, they go to Ohio, they go to Virginia, they go to parts of New York State. They just disperse from Aylmer and a lot of them will return to where they originally first mated." Not all geese are removed from Oakville during the operation. Mark said those with young goslings are not disturbed to avoid the possibility of a family being "Some of them actually broken up. Removing the geese fly right back here. We from Oakville's waterfront know that from our leg is not cheap -- it costs banding efforts." between $4,000-$5,000 annually. Chris Mark, Director, Mark said some of the Parks and Open Space, costs are offset by Town staff Oakville having to do less work removing goose droppings. A handful of Bronte residents heard an update on the operation the day it took place as Town staff reported on it during a coyote information meeting held that day at the Sir John Colborne Recreation Centre for Seniors.