Snellville residents want the state's help with the mess cause by Canada geese.
Residents say the geese congregate at a nearby pond, but they are also known to walk the neighborhood, traipsing across lawns and leaving excrement in their wake.
"They're always here. At any given time, you'll look out here and there'll be a whole drove of them," resident Sue Briscoe said.
Briscoe said she has lived in her home since 1965, but in the past three years, the Canada geese have taken over.
"My grandchildren can't even play out here in the yard it's such a mess," Briscoe told Channel 2's Eric Philips.
Briscoe's son, Wayne Briscoe, said he reached out to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for help.
"They said, 'You can get a dog,' which my mom doesn't want to get a dog, she travels. They said we could drive wooden stakes," Wayne Briscoe said. "They said, 'Maybe you could put firecrackers out and scare them off.'"
A DNR spokesperson said residents can also apply with the agency for a permit to get rid of the geese or hire a wildlife trapper to remove them.
Officials said the Canada geese population has exploded in metro Atlanta because the birds are comfortable here, a fact residents will just have to accept.
"A lot of the time I wish they would go away, but I know they're not going to go away," resident Sylvester Jamison said. "Just, the mess they make. They're so nasty."
The DNR said with the growing goose population, there is no way they can respond to every nuisance issue, which is why they give residents ideas on ways they can solve the situations themselves.
Residents say the geese congregate at a nearby pond, but they are also known to walk the neighborhood, traipsing across lawns and leaving excrement in their wake.
"They're always here. At any given time, you'll look out here and there'll be a whole drove of them," resident Sue Briscoe said.
Briscoe said she has lived in her home since 1965, but in the past three years, the Canada geese have taken over.
"My grandchildren can't even play out here in the yard it's such a mess," Briscoe told Channel 2's Eric Philips.
Briscoe's son, Wayne Briscoe, said he reached out to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for help.
"They said, 'You can get a dog,' which my mom doesn't want to get a dog, she travels. They said we could drive wooden stakes," Wayne Briscoe said. "They said, 'Maybe you could put firecrackers out and scare them off.'"
A DNR spokesperson said residents can also apply with the agency for a permit to get rid of the geese or hire a wildlife trapper to remove them.
Officials said the Canada geese population has exploded in metro Atlanta because the birds are comfortable here, a fact residents will just have to accept.
"A lot of the time I wish they would go away, but I know they're not going to go away," resident Sylvester Jamison said. "Just, the mess they make. They're so nasty."
The DNR said with the growing goose population, there is no way they can respond to every nuisance issue, which is why they give residents ideas on ways they can solve the situations themselves.
WSBTV
