Canada geese rest in the shade at Santa Clara’s Central Park. Photo by Kate Bradshaw.
By Kate Bradshaw
April 8, 2022
Santa Clara’s Central Park has a goose problem. More specifically, a goose poop problem.
The park is home to—by one count—about 176 Canada geese, and each one drops roughly a pound of excrement every day. Over a year, that adds up to more than 63,000 pounds of feces dropped at the park, according to a city report.
Park visitors are well-aware of the problem.
“The poop is just too much,” said Ramon Ochoa, who walks at the park daily. “It’s like a booby trap.”
He and his wife Nilda, who’ve lived in Santa Clara for decades, were at the park Thursday walking their dog, Thor. The goose population seems to have increased over the last five to 10 years, Nilda said.
Read more at San José Spotlight.
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