The District of Peachland is ready to let the dogs out.
Peachland park staff are recruiting four-legged volunteers to discourage the increasing Canada goose population from hanging out on their public beachfront.
“The [goose] population likes to languish on our beaches. Unfortunately, so does the public,” says Kirsten Jones, communications officer for the district.
She says the geese leave behind a large amount of droppings, which has become a public health concern in the Okanagan municipality, located around 380 km east of Vancouver near Kelowna.
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“The beach becomes quite fouled by the excrement, and kids don’t know any better, they pick it up, it