City to implement wildlife feeding ban

Vernon is looking to clamp down on the Canada Goose population especially at places like Kin Beach and Polson Park.

City council has agreed to spend $15,000 to increase the duration and scope of the egg addling program which has been underway in the valley for a number of years.

“We got more geese in 2018 and 2019 than we had previously,” said Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming. “There’s an addling program — that’s where you shake the eggs — and for whatever reason, we ended up with more geese. We just haven’t been able to find the nests, or they’re in more complicated spots, but our population of geese — unlike most of our sister cities in the Okanagan — ours is increasing.”

Cumming says one reason is people regularly feeding the geese and ducks.