The Greenland's
stamp shown here features a snow goose. The stamp was released in 1988 by Greenland . Probably the most abundant goose in
the Arctic, the Snow Goose, Anser caerulescens, breeds throughout northern
Canada, Alaska, Siberia and the islands to the north. In February 1999 the United States
government relaxed hunting restrictions on the Snow Goose in an attempt to reduce their
numbers which had grown in the past three decades from 800,000 birds to an estimated five
million birds. Unlike other geese that just bite off the green blades of grass, the Snow
Goose pulls the plant up by the roots thus destroying their food supply on the breeding
grounds.
in 1988 by Greenland . Probably the most abundant goose in
the Arctic, the Snow Goose, Anser caerulescens, breeds throughout northern
Canada, Alaska, Siberia and the islands to the north. In February 1999 the United States
government relaxed hunting restrictions on the Snow Goose in an attempt to reduce their
numbers which had grown in the past three decades from 800,000 birds to an estimated five
million birds. Unlike other geese that just bite off the green blades of grass, the Snow
Goose pulls the plant up by the roots thus destroying their food supply on the breeding
grounds.