Ontario man fined $1,000 for ‘throwing large rocks and swatting’ at Canada geese

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Joseph Brugge of Essex, Ont., has been fined for harassing Canada geese, which are protected migratory birds.

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Brugge pleaded guilty to capturing, harassing and attempting to injure Canada geese under the federal Migratory Birds Convention Act, reports the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in a May 1 bulletin.

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“With help from the public,” states the MNR, a conservation officer determined Brugge was at the Belle River Marina on the shoreline of Lake St. Clair, where “he caught a Canada goose gosling and attempted to injure adult geese by throwing large rocks and swatting at them with his hands.”

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Canada geese are federally protected migratory birds, says MNR, and the public is not permitted to catch them with their hands or attempt to injure them.

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Provincial conservation officers contacted the Ontario Provincial Police for assistance with their investigation into Brugge’s harassment of the birds last May.

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Brugge pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace David M. Horton in the Ontario Court of Justice in Windsor on February 2, 2026.

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He was ordered to pay Ducks Unlimited Canada $1,000 “to support migratory bird management, habitat enhancement or protection near the location where the offence was committed.”

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