New Geese Control Devices Installed Around City

New Geese Control Devices Installed Around City:

Quincy, MA -- Commissioner of Natural Resources Dave Murphy announced that the City is deploying geese control devices at various park locations around the city to reduce the amount of geese that frequent the Quincy park system. Geese leave behind quite a mess and the City aims to mitigate the problem prior to the Spring high school and youth sports season.

The devices mimic the sound of a goose in distress and have worked as a deterrent in other parts of the country. The intermittent distress calls occur every ten minutes or so and appear to keep geese away from the areas where they are being used.

“This is a humane, non-chemical way to address a problem that could impact the public health of the young people that use our athletic fields,” said Murphy. “The goose population has exploded in the past decade and the impacts are easily noticed on the fields that they frequent. We have been searching for a proper, humane, safe, and effective way to address this issue and I like what I have seen so far.”

In past years, the City has hired companies to use dogs to chase geese off fields. A safe chemical deterrent had been used in the past on a limited basis. Both attempts provided brief relief, but the geese inevitably returned.

The devices will be used primarily at the park locations where geese frequent the most and may be moved around based on the behavioral patterns of the geese in the coming months.