Will dogs on the beach oust the seals?

Instead of having dog sounds played on the Children's Pool Beach in La Jolla at a yearly cost of nearly $700,000 to get rid of the 200 seals, one councilwoman is proposing allowing real dogs to do the job.

San Diego councilwoman Sherri Lightner distributed the following memo yesterday:

In an effort to diminish litigation while keeping the public's trust, I suggest the city consider allowing dogs on the beach at the Children's Pool. Allowing dogs will keep the seals away from the Children's Pool and allow the area to once again be used by San Diego families.” Source

Seals began gathering in the early 1990’s and health officials closed the beach to humans in 1997 because of high bacteria levels from the seals’ feces. Many lawsuits in state and federal courts have followed. The memo doesn’t mention how the problem of dog feces would be handled.

Stay tuned.

Comments

[Tom and Icy]

Seems like they should have a fence to keep the kids in and others out anyway.

[Steve Bartlett]

As a Canadian, I can attest that seals make damned fine eating. Problem solved. You're welcome.

[jackie]

how about sprinklying coyote pee everywhere..worked on keeping squirrels away for me.ha

[Jimmy]

That seals it for me. Let the dogs have it!

[Tony]

Surely doggy poo isn't as bad as seal poo. They can just get the kids running around with their sand pails & shovels picking up. Maybe put a bounty on the doggy poo, say every 10 poos gets a free icecream or bottle of drink to make the kids wanna do it.

[Dixie the Poodle]

I kan go to the beech & bark at the seels, hay wot ar seels enyway??? I'll do it for fun insted ov seven hundred fousan dolerz

[Jan]

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