Trapping and feeding goes a long way too.
The saying "You catch more flies with honey than vinegar" isn't for nothing.
And don't underestimate the humans ability to pet the fuck out of everything!
Animals love receiving pets and we, humans, love petting animals.
I'm team "All animals must receive a pet"
I wouldn't fight a goose, but only lord knows how much would I fight to give the goose my headpats and to have it really tame around me.
I would bring my A-Game and armed to the teeth with peanuts, grapes, banana and pellets!
And this fight will be legendary taking many day and nights (actually, scratch the idea of taking nights. A healthy goose must have a healthy and undisturbed sleep)
Now it makes sense why so many preachers say that "it is wrong to kill baby for fun"
I mean... besides implying that there are "no fun" reasons to kill a baby that is justified, like when God commands israel to do so.
Sorry to butt in, but I think we already got his point.
And I hope that you got his point that, in the last 20 years (maybe more), the claws of european christianity is better clipped than the claws of american christianity (which is growing sharper and sharper)
Again, I get that, a few centuries ago (crusades), christianity in europe had claws as sharp as a razor. but it got clipped, it grow again, got clipped, grow again (under fascism and nazism, which used the bible to persecute jews, homossexuals, black people and way more).
And nowadays, it got clipped again and that claw has less grip than the claw on USA.
The true questions are:
Will that claw in Europe grow sharp again following suit of american's claws or can they keep clipping that thing to not harm anyone?
And will american christianity's claws get clipped before it is too late or will they let it grow sharp as a razor and behead the heads of innocents?
These are the questions that need to be pondered.
What if I bring treats? Or maybe 5 kg of raw meat? What is the probability that I win?