Droppings Could Be Death Sentence For Cheshire Geese

[Just another poster]

Concerned wrote:

Have you tried a noise cannon? This would discourage them.

Could we try it out in YOUR neighborhood?

[Just another poster]

Hera_76 wrote:

That is disgusting...killing geese because of poop? What the heck is this world coming to?????
When an animal's life is expendable because of droppings?
Who do we humans think we are, to snuff out another animal like that, for such a petty and stupid reason as park attendance???
This is why animals attack...back.

I take it you're a vegan.

[Jessica]

This is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen, do we seriously have to kill geese, are there not bigger problems in the world? I can't believe the people in Cheshire think that low of animals, that they would have to kill geese due to droppings. It's not like that have bathrooms, the outside world is there bathroom. This is absurd.

[Just another poster]

Serious wrote:

Shouldn't they just find a way to collect and transport them to somewhere else? The whole process of torturing and killing geese is inhumane and irrational. This project should be stopped by Chesire citizens.

GREAT IDEA!!! We could gather them all up and drop them in YOUR yard. I love that idea!!!

[Just another poster]

Judy Powers wrote:

It is shameful to me that a town would use tax payers money no less to KILL geese. A great example Cheshire makes for other communities in Connecticut , let's have town municipalitie's dealing with wildlife situations by killing them! What other humane ways have been utilized other than trying to chase them away. Geese mate for life and in most cases come back to the same area yearly to mate.
There is a hunting season for geese, I suggest the town should organize an a seasonal hunting incentive to control the geese population as opposed to out right killing geese simply because people won't come to your parks.
I think people won't come to your parks and state parks when you charge your own Connecticut citizens 10 or more to spend less than 5 hours in your park? Shame on you!!!!!

This a a relatively small park. It has what used to be a beautiful pond with a nice sandy beach where generations of Cheshire kids came to take swimming lessons and to swim all through the summer. The park and rec department ran all kinds of programs for kids - including a day camp. There is a nice playground with nice equipment for kids of all ages to enjoy. Another part of the pond was full of easy to catch fish for the youngsters who wanted to bring a pole. When my kids were young, we would often spend the entire day there.
Also in the park is a nice covered pavilion where community and other groups would have picnics and outings. A small softball field was also available.
Now that the geese have taken over, every place you walk there are large piles of excrement. It's filthy, disgusting and unsanitary. And trying to clean up after them is a 24/7 job. Geese are not dainty when they defecate - its a large, loose stinking slimy pile. They have ruined the park for human use. As a Cheshire resident who lives near the park, I am happy to have the town spend $3,000 of our tax dollars to restore this once lovely little place so that kids and famililes can enjoy it again.
And you know what - I don't give a pile of goose poop what anyone from any other town thinks of it. You want to protect geese in your town - go right ahead. Unless you pay taxes in my town... your opinion doesn't count!

[Just another poster]

Jessica wrote:

This is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen, do we seriously have to kill geese, are there not bigger problems in the world? I can't believe the people in Cheshire think that low of animals, that they would have to kill geese due to droppings. It's not like that have bathrooms, the outside world is there bathroom. This is absurd.

You'd change your mind fast if they were crapping all over YOUR yard.

[Goose Lover]

The geese were there first, they should have the right to do whatever they want there. It's not their fault that they have to poop.

[Just another poster]

Goose Lover wrote:

The geese were there first, they should have the right to do whatever they want there. It's not their fault that they have to poop.

Actually, the geeese WEREN'T there first. Canadian Geese are a migratory bird that in recent years have failed to return north to Canada during the summer and have settled all though Connceticut where there are lakes, ponds and fields of grass - just like at Mixville Park and at hundreds of other locations throughout the state. They have become a nuisance and a health hazard and a huge problem for cities and towns to deal with. Municipalities all over the state struggle with finding humane ways to discourage these large agressive birds from breeding, nesting and living in public parks and from ruining fresh water areas.

You've obviously never seen a goose up close have you? They are a couple of feet tall, and totally unafraid of people. In fact, if a human gets to close to a nest or if the goose feels threatened in any way (and this can mean only walking down a sidewalk near the goose) it will attack. It spreads its wings and runs at you hissing and honking. AND - it can hurt you or any child who might be attacked too. Geese are not only a public health hazard, they can be dangerous.

[geese can fly]

Uhhhh... Wouldn't they just fly right back there??

Serious wrote:

Shouldn't they just find a way to collect and transport them to somewhere else? The whole process of torturing and killing geese is inhumane and irrational. This project should be stopped by Chesire citizens.

[Michael]

"To speak of harvesting other living creatures, whether deer or elk or birds or cottontail rabbits, as if they were no more than a crop, exposes the meanest, cruelest, most narrow and homocentric of possible human attitudes toward the life that surrounds us." Edward Abbey

[Jessica]

Just another poster wrote:

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You'd change your mind fast if they were crapping all over YOUR yard.

I may be a little upset but I WOULD NOT kill an innocent creature because of it. It just goes to show some people are heartless, and it's very sad how you feel the need to defend the town's choice to kill creatures...and what will you do if more "Canadian Geese" come down next year, kill more? This is why society is so violent instead of taking more time to find a solution we'd rather take an easy way out and kill. Makes sense. Will your world be a much more better place if you don't have geese? Like I said earlier there are bigger problems...try dealing with real life.

[William Johnson]

I think it's is a good idea to cook the geese, and have a old time town cook out.

[Just another poster]

Jessica wrote:

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I may be a little upset but I WOULD NOT kill an innocent creature because of it. It just goes to show some people are heartless, and it's very sad how you feel the need to defend the town's choice to kill creatures...and what will you do if more "Canadian Geese" come down next year, kill more? This is why society is so violent instead of taking more time to find a solution we'd rather take an easy way out and kill. Makes sense. Will your world be a much more better place if you don't have geese? Like I said earlier there are bigger problems...try dealing with real life.

Absolutely kill more. And yeah, my neighborhood would be a lot nicer place without goose $*** everywhere and if the park were clean and my grandkids could play there without the risk of getting sick. My world would be a WHOLE lot better without the geese. But if you're so concerned about the poor things, why don't you just come a trap a whole bunch of them and take them to live in your neighborhood. I guarantee you'd change your tune if you realized just how much of a hazard to health and safety those birds are.

[Goose Lover]

Actually, I have seen a goose up close. And how exactly are they planning on euthanizing them?

[Goose Lover]

Making Peace With Geese: Civil Ways To Deal With Wild Neighbors

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[The Bomb]

I think killing geese rocks!

[Greg Schena]

If you have never been to Mixville Park then you really cannot comment on this issue. I have been working there for 8 summers and before that i was a camper since i was 7. The geese have literally robbed us of our park, and if there is a better method than killing them then let's do it. I dont think that there is, and if you do your research then you'd know that candian geese have become over populated. These geese have become dangerous, unsanitary and are ruining our park. Please come visit Mixville, and you will see the ruins of a wonderful park.

[Nicole]

I can see your point. I've been to a beach where geese were taking over--not a pleasant visit. They were aggressive and territorial and, just as you described, there were large, disgusting pile of *** everywhere. Maybe the people who are so upset could build a pond in their backyard and the geese could be moved there? LOL

Just another poster wrote:

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Actually, the geeese WEREN'T there first. Canadian Geese are a migratory bird that in recent years have failed to return north to Canada during the summer and have settled all though Connceticut where there are lakes, ponds and fields of grass - just like at Mixville Park and at hundreds of other locations throughout the state. They have become a nuisance and a health hazard and a huge problem for cities and towns to deal with. Municipalities all over the state struggle with finding humane ways to discourage these large agressive birds from breeding, nesting and living in public parks and from ruining fresh water areas.
You've obviously never seen a goose up close have you? They are a couple of feet tall, and totally unafraid of people. In fact, if a human gets to close to a nest or if the goose feels threatened in any way (and this can mean only walking down a sidewalk near the goose) it will attack. It spreads its wings and runs at you hissing and honking. AND - it can hurt you or any child who might be attacked too. Geese are not only a public health hazard, they can be dangerous.

[Troll Killer]

Judy Powers wrote:

It is shameful to me that a town would use tax payers money no less to KILL geese. A great example Cheshire makes for other communities in Connecticut , let's have town municipalitie's dealing with wildlife situations by killing them! What other humane ways have been utilized other than trying to chase them away. Geese mate for life and in most cases come back to the same area yearly to mate.
There is a hunting season for geese, I suggest the town should organize an a seasonal hunting incentive to control the geese population as opposed to out right killing geese simply because people won't come to your parks.
I think people won't come to your parks and state parks when you charge your own Connecticut citizens 10 or more to spend less than 5 hours in your park? Shame on you!!!!!

You're a day late and a dollar short Judy. The town decided not to proceed with their control plan that included killing a certain number of geese if other actions they took didn't work.

It might have been helpful to you to actually read the article instead of posting such nonsense as " have hunters kill the geese" It's a RESIDENTIAL AREA - with CHILDREN - maybe it's better in your mind that a kid gets shot by a stary bullet than a goose that is polluting the pond and leaving piles of bateria loaded feces all over the kid's playground.

I can guarantee that if you had the number of geese in your backyard that are infesting that little park in Cheshire, and nothing you tried had worked, you wouldn't be whining about how the poor geese mate for life and how the poor darlings come back every year to the same place. You'd be in favor of reducing the population by killing a few of them too.

And by the way, there is no charge to anyone for going to that park. And no time limit either.

Shame on you for running your mouth about something you don't have any knowledge about. Next time, get the facts.

[Just another poster]

Greg Schena wrote:

If you have never been to Mixville Park then you really cannot comment on this issue. I have been working there for 8 summers and before that i was a camper since i was 7. The geese have literally robbed us of our park, and if there is a better method than killing them then let's do it. I dont think that there is, and if you do your research then you'd know that candian geese have become over populated. These geese have become dangerous, unsanitary and are ruining our park. Please come visit Mixville, and you will see the ruins of a wonderful park.

I live right near the park and it breaks my hear to seen what the geese have done to it. My kids and I spent many wonderful summer days at Mixville - swim lessons, the different summer day camp session, picnic lunches and swimming and hanging out on the beach or under a shady tree - fishing in the lower pond - catching frogs - endless games of Marco Polo. Now, I wouldn't even want to walk my dog there. It's a shame.
But hey, all these out of towners know better than we do - right?