There is a lively chatter at the point in Tegernsee: there are numerous gray geese frolicking with their offspring. What looks cute could again develop into an animal problem.
Tegernsee – The animal protection association Tegernsee Valley is aware that the gray geese - formerly a few exotics at the lake - have recently increased significantly, explains chairman Johanna Ecker-Schotte. The winter was mild, numerous chicks were hatched. "But we assume that nature regulates the stock itself," says the Rottacherin. Due to natural enemies, some of the chicks would probably not survive. Ecker-Schotte therefore advises to wait and see. If the geese are perceived as a “massive disturbance”, she suggests scaring off the poultry. Attempts to drive the animals away should not be abandoned too quickly, emphasizes Ecker-Schotte. They should be medium to long-term.
One of the main problems is the large amount of excrement that the animals unashamedly leave behind in the bathing and leisure facilities. In the past few years, these legacies had caused plenty of trouble around the lake.
In theory, the greylag goose is subject to hunting rights and may be shot at certain times. At the citizens' meeting in Bad Wiessee last year, there had already been a call to do something about the goose plague. The then mayor Peter Höß had said that there was only one solution in his eyes: the gray geese had to be released for hunting. As soon as the bathing summer begins on Lake Tegernsee, the discussion about it should flare up again.
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