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Surprising way to keep the geese away
Lauren Blanchard foxnews.com Cedar Rapids, IA – Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation department is taking a different approach to controlling the geese in their parks. Geese droppings litter the grassy areas and create a minefield for anyone walking on the sidewalks. "Geese are very aggressive during the nesting season. We've actually had geese attack people," said Daniel Gibbins, Superintendent of the Parks system. After numerous attempts trying to get rid of the geese using Border Collies and even sending out employees to chase the birds, they knew they had to come up with a better idea. Gibbins reached out to a local remote control aircraft club called the Cedar Rapids Quiet Flyers. Over the past fall and winter the Quiet Flyers and the parks system designed a bird chasing aircraft they named the Fowl Intercept and Dispersal Officer, or FIDO, for short. FIDO is bright-orange dog-looking device. It has bared teeth painted by a local artist and is very noisy in order to scare geese. Park employees use a remote control to steer FIDO and it's fairly simple to operate. FIDO zig-zags across the grass and water near the birds and the geese take off. "This really is more fun than we thought it would be. It started not that we could run remote-controlled toys, but so we could actually solve the problem," said Gibbins. The Quiet Flyers use flexible and durable foam for the FIDO design so it won't break easily. to read more: foxnews.com
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