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City of Seattle
Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor
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NEWS ADVISORY
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| SUBJECT: Parks and PAWS Prepare to Wrap up First Phase of Goose Program Wednesday
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
8/17/2004 12:48:00 PM |
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Gross (206)898-6275
e-mail markg@paws.org
Dewey Potter (206) 684-7241
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Parks and PAWS Prepare to
Wrap up First Phase of Goose Program Wednesday
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| What: |
Volunteers from the Seattle Goose Program,
a cooperative project of Seattle Parks and Recreation and the
Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), will assemble at South Lake
Union Park to help conclude the first phase of this year’s
goose-management plan by readying the area for the application of goose
repellent. This will be the fourth and final application of the
repellent, called FlightControl PLUS, for the year.
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| Where: |
South Lake Union Park, 860 Terry Avenue N
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| When:
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10 a.m. Wednesday, August 18, 2004
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| Why:
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Under a 2004 agreement, Parks and PAWS are
working together to control the Canada goose population by continuing a
series of non-lethal means. FlightControl PLUS is
a commercially available goose repellent designed to keep Canada geese
away from recreation and other areas where their presence interferes
with human activities. To geese, turf treated with the repellent looks
different in the ultraviolet light spectrum, and feeding on it causes
them a mild case of indigestion. Geese become conditioned to avoid
feeding in areas treated with FlightControl PLUS.
Before the repellent is sprayed, Goose Program
volunteers will hold a work party to sweep the park of goose droppings
that have accumulated while resident geese were "challenging"
the repellent over the course of this demonstration.
Parks and PAWS will continue to fine-tune the Goose
Program by combining the use of FlightControl PLUS with methods
such as using dogs and lasers to relocate geese over the next several
weeks at South Lake Union.
The Seattle Goose Program continues to be active in
four other city parks this summer: Gas Works, Madison, Matthews, and
Green Lake. |
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For more information about PAWS’ efforts to help
wildlife, visit www.paws.org. For
more information about FlightControl PLUS, visit www.flightcontrol.com
or call (800) 419-7779.
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