In a bizarre move, Regents Park in London is to 'ban' Canada Geese because it claims that the geese pose a danger to the public.
London's royal parks have become notorious for their callous treatment of wildlife which has included mass culling of the animals that inhabit these popular oases of calm in the city, 11,000 animals slaughtered by park authorities at the last count... Now it seems that the 400 geese which have been regular summer visitors to the park for years will no longer be welcome due to the 'danger' posed to the general public by the birds' droppings, which the park authorities claim make surfaces slippery. But rather than tackle the problem, they have decided that banning the birds entirely will be the most sensible solution. Hmm. One really has to marvel at such intellect... The geese arrive annually in order to spend a few weeks at the park's boating lake while they moult. Most people enjoy watching their characterful antics and might well be nonplussed at the park's baffling decision which will involve fencing off the lake to prevent the geese from taking their annual summer holiday. There is no mention as to where the geese will go when they find their usual destination closed to them.... Surely one of the primary reasons people visit parks is to encounter wildlife and it is often the only opportunity for town and city dwellers to enjoy nature in urban environments. This stupid decision is just another reason to question the competence of the Royal park authorities and one wonders where the nonsense will end. Perhaps only when they have eradicated all of the wildlife for which the parks are justly famous.
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Catherine Hobbs
13/3/2018 06:31:22 pm
Please just leave them alone, we interfer too much already
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Liz Rodgers
13/3/2018 06:42:24 pm
Well, we'd better ban all the visitors to Slimbridge then, unless they are going to prevent all the varieties of birds there from landing.
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Gill Mitchell
13/3/2018 07:12:49 pm
Let’s face it, the decision hasn’t been made because the people in charge feel that they have a duty of care towards the visitors to Regents Park. The so called ‘problem’ of bird droppings has been around for many years and apart from having to clean the soles of their shoes, people haven’t been inconvenienced by or suffered dreadful diseases from being in contact with the droppings. Could it be that the staff who work in the park literally don’t like getting their hands dirty or maybe the droppings offend their delicate sensitivities? Do I have any experience of goose droppings? Having taken my children to Ferry Meadows in Peterborough more times than I can remember, we’ve seen plenty of goose droppings, you walk round them and none of us have contracted any awful diseases as a result!
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Pam walsh
13/3/2018 10:57:11 pm
I am really beginning to hate this country - a country - as long as its destroying the best of our ecology/wildlife- they just dont care - its so sad 😡😡
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Frances Button
13/3/2018 06:48:51 pm
The older I get the more outrageous things I hear. It would be better to ban humans rather than the geese. One day all the wildlife will be gone, then some one will say how did that happen. Protect wildlife before it’s to late.
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Mandy Hunt
13/3/2018 06:50:05 pm
How are they to be forbidden from the parks?....surely the freedom of wildlife is exactly that, FREEDOM
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13/3/2018 06:59:48 pm
Geese are not a danger to humans.
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Gill Mitchell
13/3/2018 07:13:16 pm
Let’s face it, the decision hasn’t been made because the people in charge feel that they have a duty of care towards the visitors to Regents Park. The so called ‘problem’ of bird droppings has been around for many years and apart from having to clean the soles of their shoes, people haven’t been inconvenienced by or suffered dreadful diseases from being in contact with the droppings. Could it be that the staff who work in the park literally don’t like getting their hands dirty or maybe the droppings offend their delicate sensitivities? Do I have any experience of goose droppings? Having taken my children to Ferry Meadows in Peterborough more times than I can remember, we’ve seen plenty of goose droppings, you walk round them and none of us have contracted any awful diseases as a result!
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Susan Horton
13/3/2018 08:58:21 pm
We have Canada geese on the lake af Canvey. There are footpaths running along both sides as well as grass banks. Many people are up and down there all day and we don't gave any problems. Goodness what's a bit if bird poo.
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RG
13/3/2018 11:13:26 pm
Surely the litter left by humans poses a greater threat to other humans than anything the geese leave behind?!
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Janet Ash
14/3/2018 08:14:10 am
These people ARE wasting public money debating on issues which are totally ridiculous. Banning beautiful wildlife from our parks . What ever next . Banning people. ? . Absolutely a complete waste of money and time.😡
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Louise
14/3/2018 10:01:44 am
I have never hear of anything so absurd, these geese have every right to be in parks. Absolute lunacy - to protect people from the 'danger' of birds whatever next. In fact I would prefer to see more birds and wildlife around than people. In my opinion the whole purpose of visiting a park is to watch and enjoy the wildlife.
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Glenda Furber
14/3/2018 11:19:44 am
What idiots are deciding this ? People love watching the wildlife, and animals should be free to wander. Who wants a sterile environment
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