The Vancouver Park Board has revealed a new weapon in its war on goose poop.
On Thursday, the city shared images of its new “goose pooper scooper,” a tractor-pulled trailer designed to clear goose droppings from grass surfaces.
The city said the scooper is being piloted at David Lam Park, where early results were “promising.”
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The device will be used to focus on areas hardest hit by Canada geese.
Officials in Sooke on Vancouver Island acquired a similar machine in 2020, which they dubbed a “poop Zamboni,” to tackle a buildup of droppings on local playing fields.
That machine, worth about $10,000 and made by a New Zealand company, can clean a field in about an hour, officials said.
Vancouver has been battling a growing population of Canada geese — and the waste they generate.
A 2023 Vancouver Park Board report found a population of about 2,200, but warned the number was growing by about 18 per cent per year and could reach 10,000 by 2030.
Park commissioners approved a plan last May aimed at stabilizing goose numbers in the next five to 10 years, which included addling eggs, hazing geese and “lethal removal.”
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