The amount of goose feces per day has been determined to be from one to two pounds a day.  Just using the lower amount of one pound per day, less than six geese will deposit, anywhere they want, about one ton a year.  When the Veterans Memorial Park pond was closed a few years ago, it was the result of a blue/green algae discovered during one of the Ocean Pines Anglers Club annual kids program events.  When I researched blue/green algae, some varieties are actually poisonous and deadly.  I could not imagine the goose lovers not being concerned about the possible harm to our children due to the pollution of goose feces in the pond. 

The other issue is the problem with the traffic during the busy months.  We have been lucky that there have not been severe accidents due to the unannounced crossing of the geese whenever they wanted to get to the other side of the street.  They can run, and fly, but seem to saunter across the road.  If you research traffic accidents caused by individuals helping the little creatures across the street, you will come across the case of one lady in Canada stopping her car in the fast lane to help birds cross the road.  When she opened her door, a motorcyclist and his daughter were killed when they ran into the door of her car.  So a "simple random act of kindness" for the birds resulted in two deaths, and the woman being charged with manslaughter. 

Even our Assateague National Seashore Park needs to control the amount of ponies in the herd so the remaining herd can live.  Otherwise, there would not be enough food to support overpopulation.  So, like our geese lovers, people feed the horses, and they become tame and walk into the street to be killed by cars.  Out west, the lovely wild horse herds have become overpopulated. 

Finally, I commend our current board and our General Manager for their actions to control the overpopulation of the geese.  Their actions were long overdue.