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After several failed attempts to rid its parks of Canadian geese, the Wheaton Park District of Illinois turned to litter vacuums to clean up after the messy birds instead.

At one time, The Wheaton Park District in Illinois received an average of 20 complaints per week about goose droppings in its 47 park sites. Citizens were beginning to lose patience. Park workers tried everything from scaring the geese away to bringing in dogs, all without success.

"You can get flocks by the thousands, and it's pure devastation," says Terry Turnquist, assistant superintendent of parks. "Hand labor is a virtual impossibility." Turnquist knew. The district tried that.

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