06/18/2026
PROTEST AND LEAFLETING
FOR CANADA GEESE
This Saturday!
Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades
Medical Center
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2026
Time: 1:00PM-2:15PM
(rain or shine)
Location: 7600 River Rd.,
North Bergen, NJ 07047
We will be protesting on the grassy public space area on the corner of the Hackensack
Meridian sign up to the bus transit shelter
in front of the hospital.
Parking is across from the hospital. There is a Walgreen’s, Starbucks and Bank of America
parking lots on River Rd, which turns into
County Road or can pay for parking in the
hospital parking lot.
History:
Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center (HMPMC) is granting the USDA access to their property, behind the Hospital towards the Hudson River, to round up and GAS the geese.HMHPMC can DENY the USDA access to the hospital property
and use nonlethal solutions.
In 2025, 11 Geese were KILLED
In 2024, 23 Geese were KILLED
In 2023, 18 Geese were KILLED
In 2022, 18 Geese were KILLED
Total 70 Geese have been KILLED
Animal Protection League of New Jersey has been reaching out to the officials at Meridian Health Palisades General Medical Center in North Bergen, since 2022. President Lisa Iachetti refuses to work with APLNJ. Our emails and phone calls are ignored.The North Bergen Health Officer even contacted Lisa Iachetti to discuss nonlethal alternatives, but Ms. Iachetti refused
to discuss any nonlethal
measures with the Health Officer.
Ms.Iachetti has chosen to stay with the USDA’s Goose KILLING program under the
GUISE of public safety.
Please contact these officials:
Lisa Iachetti: President & CEO
[email protected]
O: 201-854-5004
C: 201-621-3417
Mena Grace: Director of Facilities
[email protected]
201-854-5152
551-337-0291
Yeslenny Guzman: VP’s Assistant
[email protected]
201-854-5028
Mark Sparta: president and chief
hospital executive,
Northern Region
[email protected]
551-996-3831
HQ: 844-484-9355
Jose Lozano: executive vice president and chief growth office
[email protected]
HQ 844-484-9355
David Perlin, executive vice president and chief scientific officer
[email protected]
201-880-3100
Richard Knupp: Vice President
Development (north)
[email protected]
HQ: 844-464-9355
Joyce Hendricks: President and Chief
Development Officer
[email protected]
HQ: 844-464-9355
Board of Trustees:
J. Fletcher Creamer Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
of J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc.
[email protected]
201-488-9800 or 908-925-3200
Ask these officials to implement a
NO feeding Ban.
Geese are constantly being fed on the grounds outside the hospital cafeteria, through the window, the walkway, lunch areas by the helipad
and along the river.
This is a huge problem attracting geese to the area, which ultimately causes their deaths.
Ask them to deny the USDA access to the grounds of MHPMC.
Ask Lisa Iachetti to work with Animal Protection League of New Jersey on humane and
nonlethal solutions.
KILLING has not and will not solve
Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center’s conflicts with Canada Geese.
KILLING has not and will not solve
Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center
conflicts with Canada Geese.
Please Light A Candle For Our Beloved Geese
https://grateful.org/light-a-candle/
For additional information to get involved with this campaign, please contact: [email protected]