The Geese Police

Upstate New York battles a surplus of deer, Vermont tackles moose management and in Massachusetts it's those pesky geese that cause so much outrage.

These well-trained Border Collies are called the "Geese Police" and every Friday, with their Master, they patrol Lake Quannapowitt, just north of Boston, Massachusetts. Geese feces poses public concern for the beaches, parks and playing fields so one man and his 3 beloved dogs are hired to solve the problem. With a little ingenuity and a whole lot of vigilance they flush out hundreds of territorial Canadian geese.

While in Massachusetts today I just happened across this "GeesePeace Initiative" by chance. I stopped by a park to tape some footage for a client when I spotted a man emptying out a boat of excess water. His little tug looked like it had a sprung a leak but it was only the heavy rains from the night before that deluged the back end. 3 Border Collies wearing mini life preservers and anxious smiles waited impatiently.

When it was time to clock in these three busy town mascots jumped into the boat to chase geese from their safety zones, not killing them, but just scaring them enough to leave. They were obviously in their glory as was I videotaping them.