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Further to the risk equation recent studies of North American bird species with an average weight greater than 4 lbs has shown that thier populations are increasing. The Canada Goose population went from 2 million in 1991 to 6 million in 1999 and there is no indication that the ecosystem has reache its maximum carrying capacity. The same population trends are also occurring in europe and other parts of the globe.