爱城Terwillegar公园将被喷洒对狗狗安全的除草剂
原始发布日期： 2017-07-09 发布者：玉山字变大 字变小
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被称为狗狗公园的Terwillegar公园将被今年将被喷洒对狗狗安全的除草剂，主要去除田野山萝卜。去年喷洒除草剂时曾被人阻止，因为对狗狗不安全。  Blake Kilkenny, 6, and his dog, Phoenix, frolic among invasive weeds during Bark in the Park at the Terwillegar off leash area in Edmonton on Saturday, July 8, 2017. Relief is finally in sight for the noxious weed problem at Terwillegar Park. Herbicide will be applied after the park closes Monday to treat a purple weed called field scabious that covers the ground in thick patches. Last year, herbicide application at the park was met with opposition. A local dog owner who frequented the park blocked the city’s tractor, concerned over the health of her dogs. After it became too late in the summer to effectively spray herbicide, the city vowed to come back the next year with a herbicide that would be safe for dogs. That time is now and the treatment is sorely needed. Evan Klein, who was giving nature tours as part of the Bark in the Park tree-planting event Saturday, said field scabious had only taken up one side of the park’s walking trial last year. Now it’s spread throughout the park and to Oleskiw Park and the John Janzen Nature Centre. "Field scabious is a huge issue because it actually grows so dense that it will outcompete other native plants, and it'll choke them out because it'll make such a dense mat," he said. It can be spread by travelling on shoes and dog fur. Zoran Bobic, who was playing fetch with his German shepherd Lajka, enjoys the natural beauty of the Terwillegar Park and welcomes the attempt to preserve it. "I'm for that,” he says of the herbicide application. "If it's not harmful to dogs, it's OK." Daniel Laubhann, an environmental technician with the City of Edmonton, sees a different attitude towards herbicides this year. “We see people getting an understanding that it is not actually a problem for dogs, or humans for that matter, to go and enter the area once the product has dried.” Terwillegar Park’s off-leash area will be closed for herbicide application from 9 p.m. on Monday, July 10 to 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11. |