▁Dra ke ▁Lars en , ▁a ▁research er ▁in ▁sust ain able ▁agricult ure ▁at ▁Iowa ▁State ▁University , ▁described ▁them ▁to ▁Atlantic '' ▁magazine ▁as ▁" so ▁y ummy ... good , ▁lean , ▁rich ▁meat . ▁I ▁find ▁they ▁are ▁similar ▁to ▁a ▁good ▁cut ▁of ▁be ef ." ▁The ▁British ▁Trust ▁for ▁Or n ith ology , ▁however , ▁has ▁described ▁them ▁as ▁" re put edly ▁amongst ▁the ▁most ▁in ed ible ▁of ▁birds ." ▁The ▁US ▁go ose ▁har vest ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 3 – 1 4 ▁reported ▁over ▁ 1 . 3   mill ion ▁ge ese ▁taken . ▁Canada ▁ge ese ▁are ▁rarely ▁far med , ▁and ▁sale ▁of ▁wild ▁Canada ▁go ose ▁meat ▁is ▁rare ▁due ▁to ▁reg ulation , ▁and ▁sla ugh ter h ouses ' ▁lack ▁of ▁experience ▁with ▁wild ▁birds . ▁Ge ese ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁par ks ▁cul led ▁by ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Department ▁of ▁Environment al ▁Prote ction ▁have ▁been ▁don ated ▁to ▁food ▁banks ▁in ▁Pennsylvania . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁wild ▁Canada ▁go ose ▁meat ▁was ▁not ▁permitted ▁in ▁the ▁UK ; ▁some ▁land own ers ▁have ▁lo bb ied ▁for ▁this ▁ban ▁to ▁be ▁with dra wn ▁to ▁allow ▁them ▁income ▁from ▁sale ▁of ▁game ▁meat . ▁ ▁Population ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁North ▁American ▁population ▁for ▁the ▁ge ese ▁was ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁between ▁ 4 ▁million ▁and ▁ 5