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Light Aircraft to ‘Mother’ Endangered Geese

August 22, 2004

Germany - German scientists plan to help endangered geese find a safer passage for their winter migration south from Finland and Sweden by making them believe that a light aircraft, which will lead the way, is their mother, Swedish media reported on Saturday.

About 10 German pilots and biologists have come to Sweden to stake out the path they want some 50 lesser white-fronted geese, considered to be the rarest goose species in Europe, to follow for their winter migration, the Swedish news agency TT reported.

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