German geese get in shape beside the River Elbe
Klaus-Harmut Riechert, a farmer from Hamburg, taking 200 Martinmas geese to the river bank on their daily stroll. The exercise is intended to keep the birds from becoming too fat before they grace German dining tables on St Martin's Day next month
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