The District of Peachland is ready to let the dogs out.
Peachland park staff are recruiting four-legged volunteers to discourage the increasing Canada goose population from hanging out on their public beachfront.
“The [goose] population likes to languish on our beaches. Unfortunately, so does the public,” says Kirsten Jones, communications officer for the district.
She says the geese leave behind a large amount of droppings, which has become a public health concern in the Okanagan municipality, located around 380 km east of Vancouver near Kelowna.
“The beach becomes quite fouled by the excrement, and kids don’t know any better, they pick it up, it
