Recently, a prison in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina hired a group of animal guards.
They are not the usual police dogs, but a flock of geese.
(New guards in Brazilian prisons)
They live between the prison fence and the barbed wire fence that encloses the inner grounds, and they are semi-free-range, and they can usually patrol the lawn.
(Big Goose Guard)
In fact, with today's technological developments, most prisons are equipped with advanced security monitoring systems, and it has become increasingly difficult to escape without being detected.
However, when complex machines inevitably fail, it is best to prepare a set of preparatory plans and double insurance.
(Prison Security Monitoring System)
This preparation plan generally refers to human or animal guards, the most common animal guards are naturally police dogs, and now geese have become a strong candidate.
(Big Goose Guard)
In an interview with the media, the prison warden said,
"We have electronic monitoring, on-site real-time monitoring, and now the goose monitoring has replaced the police dog. ”
"As you can see, the prison is a very quiet place even during the day, and even more so at night. ”
"In a place like this, it's a good choice to use geese as guards. ”
(Prison goose guards)
Anyone who has been chased by a goose or watched a similar video on the Internet knows that the goose recognizes its owner and has a strong sense of territory, which is the same as a watchdog.
In addition, the goose's combat effectiveness is strong, which is very deterrent to ordinary people, and it is a good material for guards.
(Goose guard, just ask if you are afraid?)
Geese have very good hearing, and if the prisoner makes some noise when escaping from prison and is heard by the geese, they will scream and warn, and in the quiet environment of the prison, the voice of the geese is enough to attract the attention of the prison guards.
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(Listen to the loud voice of the goose guard)
These goose guards are already familiar with the prison guards and will not treat them as outsiders.
(Prison guards and goose guards)
The lead goose is named Piu-Piu, and when the guards call its name, it responds with a horn-like call.
(狱警和领头鹅Piu-Piu)
Prison staff said that the goose guards were just as easy to use as police dogs, or even better than police dogs.
Even better, raising geese is much less expensive than raising police dogs, and having a pool of water can satisfy the geese.
(Pond for geese)
Including the prison mentioned above, there are already several prisons in Brazil that have replaced police dogs with goose guards.
The first to try this was at Sobral prison in São Paulo.
In 2011, the prison was guarded by a group of geese, which made international news at the time.
(related reports)
12 years have passed, and more and more Brazilian prisons have begun to use goose guards, which is enough to see that the effect of prison escape prevention is good.
This flock of official geese working in prisons,
Maybe it can be like a police dog in the future,
Become a presence that makes criminals fearful......
(Prison goose guards)