World of the Bizarre

Chinese police use geese as guard dogs

By T.K. Randall
August 1, 2013 ·  30 comments

Image Credit: CC 3.0 Will Sites The use of geese in place of dogs to guard police stations seems to be gaining in popularity. In one incident in China's Xinjiang Province, a man attempted to break in to a police station to retrieve his confiscated motorbike when the 'guard geese' sounded the alarm with their trademark honking. It might sound like a strange idea, but geese have excellent hearing and eyesight while the noise they make is sure to draw attention to any break-ins.

Geese also tend to be very territorial animals, meaning that they are unlikely to fly off in the middle of the night and will react with hostility when someone is there. Whether we will see geese being used as a mainstream form of guard animal in place of dogs elsewhere in the world however remains to be seen.[!gad]The use of geese in place of dogs to guard police stations seems to be gaining in popularity. In one incident in China's Xinjiang Province, a man attempted to break in to a police station to retrieve his confiscated motorbike when the 'guard geese' sounded the alarm with their trademark honking. It might sound like a strange idea, but geese have excellent hearing and eyesight while the noise they make is sure to draw attention to any break-ins.

Geese also tend to be very territorial animals, meaning that they are unlikely to fly off in the middle of the night and will react with hostility when someone is there. Whether we will see geese being used as a mainstream form of guard animal in place of dogs elsewhere in the world however remains to be seen.

Source: National Geographic | Comments (30)

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