Much to our surprise, Martin Lawrence has a farm down in Virginia (or up, depending on where you’re reading this) with several different types of animals calling it home. One type in particular, a gaggle of geese, is driving the comedian crazy with their numbers and he’s trying desperately to figure out a way to deal with the situation.

According to TMZ, a neighbor is saying that one solution involves a gun — but as Lawrence’s publicist tells it, the full story may be a bit more “humane”. She issued the following statement:

“The Lawrence’s private family farm is populated with many different animals. It is not uncommon to secure an off season hunting license in rural areas and is quite common for the oiling of eggs. A hunting license has been applied for by the property manager; at the same time, Martin has actively been exploring all possible humane ways to handle the overpopulation issue, while intending to do everything possible to preserve the animal habitat in which they reside. There are many different enterprises in rural VA that make their living assisting property owners on how to handle and manage migratory geese. It is unfortunate that a neighbor who has never met Martin or discussed the matter with him, would make this issue public without know all of the facts or the Lawrence family’s intentions.”

We’ll see where this one goes…