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Falls Township has authorized payment for another campaign of geese management.
The township board of supervisors approved S&S Wildlife and Geese Chasers to help manage the overabundance of geese at the Falls Township Community Park. S & S Wildlife, which has been managing geese at the township park for the last two years, uses a March through December hazing operation which provides an irritation and a predator/prey instinctual survival response. The operation, which is performed day and night, in good weather and bad, involves aggressive action on foot, the use of watercraft, limited take, noise, lasers, lights, and effigies. According to S & S, effective hazing will hope to end habituation at the site for the current resident goose population. Consistent hazing would result in fewer challenges over the course of the year, according to the wildlife company.
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While Parks & Recreation Director Brian Andrews said the park is seeing a slight spike in geese, S&S Wildlife has been successful in decreasing the number of resident geese that live on the property.
Falls has approved 3-1 for S&S Wildlife’s 2017 bill not to exceed $30,225.
The township has also authorized payment to GeeseChasers, which will soon begin a 10 week dog service, not to exceed $199 a week. GeeseChasers will release border collies on the property, during slow or non-operating times, to train the geese not to land in certain areas, including for example, the soccer fields.
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“We have to constantly be on top of it or they will come back,” said Andrews.
