Vancouver officials shared images Thursday of the city's new 'goose pooper scooper,' a tractor-pulled trailer designed to clear goose droppings from grass surfaces in local parks.
The Vancouver Park Board is showing off a new machine for a job most people wouldn't want to do. The board says it is trying out its brand new goose poop er scooper at David Lam Park, and early results are promising.
On Thursday, the city shared images of its new “goose pooper scooper,” a tractor-pulled trailer designed to clear goose droppings from grass surfaces.Early results are promising and we're focusing efforts on areas most affected by goose droppings.top news stories from Canada and around the world.Officials in Sooke on Vancouver Island acquired a similar machine in 2020, which they dubbed a “poop Zamboni,” to tackle a buildup of droppings on local playing fields.
That machine, worth about $10,000 and made by a New Zealand company, can clean a field in about an hour, officials said.A 2023 Vancouver Park Board report found a population of about 2,200, but warned the number was growing by about 18 per cent per year and could reach 10,000 by 2030.aimed at stabilizing goose numbers in the next five to 10 years, which included addling eggs, hazing geese and “lethal removal.”More than 51,000 people expected for B.C.
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