Coyote decoys stolen from Waterloo Park wont be replaced [Video]

Plastic coyotes, set up in April around Waterloo Park to scare off geese, have now been missing for more than a month.

Officials with the City of Waterloo say they disappeared within weeks of making their debut.

“We didn’t see them anywhere else in the park. I don’t want to make any assumptions, but they’re definitely missing,” said Tom Margetts, manager of park operations for the City of Waterloo.

The decoys were part of an experiment to see how they would impact the birds who roam around the park.

“We picked up ten decoys. We have two left over that we’re currently not using and they’re about $100 each. So it’s a pretty low-cost experiment,” said Margetts.

The city said they received a lot of complaints about geese last year, specifically their droppings and aggressive behaviour.

“Pretty much every step you take, you really have to be watching out when you’re walking,” one …