Geese are the toughest animals you can experience in a city with the only exception being cities in the Arctic Circle where Polar Bears sometimes intrude. And even then Geese will often fight the bears away from 'their territory'.

Geese are fighting machines well adapted to life among humans. Think about it - Geese have evolved in canals and public parks. Canals and parks are often the most dangerous places in cities because they are dark at night. People get mugged and killed in parks all the time. When was the last time a Goose was mugged and killed in a public park or canal? Never, because Geese are stronger than pretty much any human they encounter.

And yes. Geese wings are like batons. Worse in fact because batons cannot fly away after destroying you and leaving you for dead. Geese can also spread deadly bird rabies as well as other tropical diseases, such as Duckworm, Foje Gras Fever, Feathered Chlamidya, Pond Plague, Tinned Goose Botulism, Whooping Honk and many more. Many people die to these diseases every year because of the birds KNOWING they can kill humans they dislike.

Geese own cities. Pigeons are forced out of Goose habitats because they cannot compete and neither can humans. I'd rather be savaged by a pitbull than a Goose, easily.