During the World Cup, 2 Border Collies dogs peacefully chase geese from the lawn of a Canadian field (video)

While the 2026 FIFA World Cuporganized jointly by the UNITED STATESTHE Mexico and the Canadathe competition mobilizes many people as well as multiple infrastructures. Among them is the training ground of the team of Canadaspecially designed for the tournament within the park Centennialhas Etobicokea district of Toronto. But, as reported CTV Newsthis site has been facing a rather unexpected problem for several weeks: the massive presence of geese Geese.

Land threatened by droppings

These birds, numerous in the region, regularly invade the areas of the land: they come “ graze the grass and leave traces of their passage », notably through their numerous droppings. A situation that greatly disrupts lawn maintenance.

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Unlike the stadium TorontoWho ” does not have a clear landing strip for Canada Geese » and which is therefore less exposed, the terrain ofEtobicoke is located near a river where birds could nest.

To resolve this problem, a real maintenance and safety issue for this sports infrastructure, the city of Toronto therefore decided to take matters into its own hands by calling on 2 specialists: Sally And Well2 adorable Border Colliesemployed by the company Border Control Bird Dogs.

An ecological solution to keep geese away

The mission of these 2 doggies? Keep geese away from Canada of the landEtobicokein order to preserve the lawn and allow the national team to train in good conditions.

For this, the 2 furballs patrol the field “ 2 times a day, every day, for about 30 minutes » in order to prevent the Geese from entering the sports complex. This is a scaring technique which simply consists of making the geese believe that a predator is present in order to encourage them to leave the area.

As explained Gareth Williamsthe master of Well and of Sally : “ Dogs crouch and stalk geese, as they traditionally would sheep and moving cattle “. The birds then take the dogs as a threat and flee.

This therefore makes it possible to protect the land without harming the animals, because “ there is no environmental impact, no firecrackers or pyrotechnic devices are used ” And ” geese are never harmed in any way “. An ecological and violence-free solution which has, it seems, proven itself!