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BuckyWunderlick007 t1_jed1brb wrote
Great idea. Pretty much the only thing that works. DCR should do it for around the Charles River Basin. The goose shit on the bike path is brutal. You don’t wannna drink out of your water bottle after riding there.
f0rtytw0 t1_jed2wph wrote
Can dogs have dream jobs?
Username7239 t1_jed5dh1 wrote
Ask the labs that retrieve the bats mlb players drop when they hit the ball and run to first base.
riverhawk02 t1_jededfk wrote
That's a thing?
Bahariasaurus t1_jedxplu wrote
Pretty sure my dog would do this for free.
itsonlyastrongbuzz t1_jedzu5k wrote
They’re minor league teams not MLB, but the dogs don’t know that.
czyivn t1_jee5ash wrote
It won't work for long. Chasing them with dogs in Watertown will just move them to newton and Cambridge. These non migratory shitbirds are still reproducing. The dog isn't going to stop that. They need to cull them or shoot them with dart guns containing bird contraceptives or something.
eaglessoar t1_jee85fv wrote
Meanwhile mass port doesn't allow dogs in piers Park and hires people to run around and shoo them away.
irishgypsy1960 t1_jee8d0f wrote
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
tbootsbrewing t1_jee9yp2 wrote
As a Watertown resident, we'll need a whole pack of these pooches.
charons-voyage t1_jeecr3j wrote
I want to be reincarnated as one of these pups.
BatterMyHeart t1_jeeee36 wrote
Havent we fucked up the habitats of wild birds enough?
kdmccormick t1_jeekx8l wrote
I would argue that people avoiding public green spaces because they're gross is bad for the environment in a long-term way. If nobody uses the park, then one day it'll become a parking lot or office building.
This is about the most environmentally friendly way to solve the problem.
CognacNCuddlin t1_jeel1gn wrote
Why did I laugh so obnoxiously loud at this?!?! 😂😂
tacotacotaco14 t1_jeenosk wrote
Or people could just learn to live alongside birds. Such a crazy mentality to think the whole world belongs to us and we can kill anything that is even a slight inconvenience. Let the birds hang out in the field, they're not that bad, it's just a dumb meme that they're actually scary
czyivn t1_jeeottn wrote
They render sports fields virtually unusable. Have you ever played on a field covered in goose shit? It's both nasty and treacherous. They are so populous because humans scare all their other predators away.
tacotacotaco14 t1_jeepwl4 wrote
"virtually unusable"... Come on, get real. I grew up running through goose poop playing soccer and baseball. It doesn't even stick to shoes like dog poop. It's a total non-issue unless you're a massive diva.
iBarber111 t1_jeeqf94 wrote
Europe & New Zealand consider Canadian geese an invasive species. I'd love to see MA do the same. Their population growth is not "normal" & is in fact fueled by humans.
It'd be completely reasonable to engage in some population control, like we do with several other species. As the other poster said, their poop makes huge areas of parks basically unusable. They also can't be around airports for fear of another Sully incident. Terrible & invasive bird.
iBarber111 t1_jeeqlvc wrote
Nothing about the population growth of Canadian geese in urban areas is natural
ffxtian t1_jeerxi6 wrote
This explains so much...
DragonPup t1_jef19xi wrote
Then Newton and Cambridge should get dogs and all three town dogs can play together.
czyivn t1_jef28h8 wrote
Jogging through it is nothing. Playing football and getting knocked down in it is fucking disgusting. It's also extremely slippery when wet if you aren't wearing cleats.
hce692 t1_jef3mbg wrote
Okay… great so they’re not there anymore but they’ve got another field to go poop on that people don’t like?? This weird little game of whack a mole doesn’t seem to solve anything
BatterMyHeart t1_jef52e5 wrote
Hmm almost like they depend on green spaces like this one that we are wasting town resources trying to deny them.
BatterMyHeart t1_jef65rk wrote
Or it teaches the opposite of coexistence. Played on fields with geese shit all my fuckin life, these people can't even go outside for fear of a little bit? Not to mention that dog is going to be shitting outside and stepping in dog shit even once is more likely to ruin your shoes than walking through a whole field of geese since they are carnivores.
RAiD78 t1_jef7ptw wrote
Yeah, i've seen them on tiktok. Might be the same dog not sure, but they retrieve bats in minor leagues and the kickoff tee in college football.
oogaboogaaa2 t1_jef8ph2 wrote
My dog would like to do this for free please
iBarber111 t1_jefb8i0 wrote
*they rely on green spaces with a lack of natural predators & artificially trimmed grass.
Stop acting like they're native to the esplanade lmao
ForwardBound t1_jefgjij wrote
Shoulda hired my dog. He'd chase the birds and then eat any poop left behind.
YooHoooo_Ray t1_jefjfvj wrote
Have you ever been to the fields by the Chestnuthill reservoir? I’ve seen like thousands of goose poops there at times and everyone avoids it like the plague. It’s disgusting and for some reason it’s like candy to dogs 🤢
BatterMyHeart t1_jeflny1 wrote
Yeah they were definitely here before the Europeans so idk what you mean. And yes they benefit from a green space, why not try tolerance instead of purging an animal that isn't dangerous at all.
jimmycrackas t1_jefmro4 wrote
i stopped taking my son to Arsenal Park because of all the poo poo. each trip would result in us having to either clean or change our shoes, bike tires, etc. it was everywherrrreeee :/
iBarber111 t1_jefsred wrote
I suppose we should also just let pigeons run the Porter Sq T station too then
Anteater_Reasonable t1_jefv3jh wrote
Love it. Watertown is a goose turd minefield in springtime.
eiviitsi t1_jefw6vw wrote
It's probably more likely for Canada geese to be considered a "nuisance" species, rather than "invasive," since they actually are native to MA. "Invasive" is usually reserved for species that are non-native.
dbath t1_jeg34k9 wrote
I highly doubt a working dog specifically trained for goose control will be pooping in the fields willy nilly, and that the Department of Public Works and Parks supervisor won't clean up after their dog.
737900ER t1_jegv1bb wrote
The canada geese involved in the Cactus 1549 incident were actually migratory. It is the resident ones that are problematic.
> The Smithsonian Institution also performed a stable-hydrogen isotope analysis of the feather material collected from the airplane engines and compared the results with feather samples collected from resident geese in the New York region. The results indicated that the feathers from the airplane engines were similar to samples of known migratory geese and were significantly different from year-round resident populations from the New York region.
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jkncrew t1_jeh13x7 wrote
That’s a dog’s life. I bet he eats your cat’s throw up too -if you have one. Win win
metrowestern t1_jeczjij wrote
They get the job done. My folks CC did this to keep the seagulls of the giant boat docks/slips.