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Articles Westchester Turns To Robot To Scare Away Geese From NewYorkCBSLocal.com ARDSLEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - Remember the Terminator � Arnold Schwarzenegger�s scary futuristic cyborg? Well, in Westchester County, they have the Goosinator. It�s a radio-controlled device used to shoo away geese.
It is bright orange, has a propeller on the front, and can move on land and in the water, even on snow or ice. The geese take off when they see it coming. �He�s a cute little thing,� said Kylie Blackman with Animal Defenders of Westchester of the device. She praised the county parks department for turning to the little robot in its efforts to get rid of geese who foul grassy fields with their droppings. Last summer, the county rounded up and killed 500 geese at a Yonkers golf course and turned the birds into burgers for the homeless. At a meeting at parks headquarters yesterday, there was a pledge to stick with non-lethal means for dealing with nuisance geese. Blackman told WCBS 880 reporter Sean Adams that Mamaroneck is also having success with a vacuum that clears fields of goose droppings and turns the waste into compost. Fair Use Notice: This document may contain copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owners. We believe that this not-for-profit, educational use on the Web constitutes a fair use of the copyrighted material (as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law). If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. |
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