Foster City plans to kill geese over excessive poop but animal advocates are fighting back

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Foster City plans to kill geese over excessive poop but animal advocates are fighting back
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Residents near the lagoon and beach areas say the poop is everywhere and they are fed up with the conditions.

Thousands of crows are leaving Downtown Sunnyvale residents and visitors with a list of grievances. Here's how the city plans to deal with them.

The city is waiting for approval of a federal permit to kill the geese, and then look for other ways to control the population.Feds tagged to deal with large wild turkeys wreaking havoc at Bay Area NASA research center"The Canada Goose is a migratory bird, but due to the favorable conditions offered locally, has taken permanent residence in and around Foster City.

A variety of nonlethal deterrents such as fogging, birth control, dog hazing, strobe lights, egg addling, fencing and other approaches have been explored and/or attempted to mitigate the health hazard posed by Canada Goose droppings, but the success of those efforts has been limited.

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