Brazil Prison Uses Geese As Alarm System

SAO PAULO -- An overcrowded prison in northeastern Brazil has added a new layer of security against escapes: two geese.

Sobral prison warden Wellington Picanco tells the G1 news website the geese make a lot of noise when they sense "strange movements."

He says the geese roaming the prison grounds also will help alert guards to the outbreak of violence among rival gangs at the overcrowded facility.

The prison was built to hold 153 inmates. It currently holds 255.

Calls to the prison for more details went unanswered.

Comments

[celtcalgal]

09:51 PM on 08/12/2011

the Romans also used them as alarm systems.

[GirlUsingBrain]

03:26 PM on 08/12/2011

I just hope they are taking care of the geese and I hope the geese have a nice pond to swim in ... and that they don't become someone's Christmas dinner.

[toxicity]

08:50 PM on 08/13/2011

Geese are not worth eating. Lots of work and waste for a little second rate meat.

[missouriwatcher]

02:59 PM on 08/12/2011

Geese and guinea fowl--nature's burglar alarms.

[Anne Mccormick]

01:15 PM on 08/12/2011

i have an idea. next time there's a prison riot here in America i think the powers that be should just toss in a couple hundred very angry geese. then sit back and watch the rioters run in fear.

[Mr Anonymous]

01:13 PM on 08/14/2011

Nobody wants to mess with angry geese. They'd own that yard.

[KriTiKiT]

12:38 PM on 08/12/2011

A flock of Prison Geese!  If you have ever encountered Angry Geese( or even one mad Goose) they are better than guard dogs.  They are mean, loud, and can take any prisoner!  I Think it was a Cheep Creative Idea!

[idyllick]

12:08 PM on 08/12/2011

"Calls to the prison for more details went unanswered."

The geese haven't yet mastered picking up the phones.

[tomasino]

11:51 AM on 08/12/2011

They make a great car alarm too.

(I have them in the trunk)

[KriTiKiT]

12:42 PM on 08/12/2011

One of them can crash a jumbo jet, you have One He!! of a alarm system!

[eric14]

10:25 AM on 08/12/2011

Wikipedia:

According to legend Marcus Manlius Capitolinus was alerted to the Gallic attack by the sacred geese of Juno.

[NOT YOUR PASTOR DAVE]

09:28 AM on 08/12/2011

Shih Tzus were used in the Emporer's plalace in China, they kept bunches of them around as an intruder alert system. One yap yap dog starts yapping they all do! The best Ninja cant get em all!
OK your right ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[Fred Taylor]

08:42 AM on 08/12/2011

Honk if you like Prison Break.

[JackTheSkipper]

05:30 AM on 08/12/2011

You are one quack away from being caught.

[soccerstriker]

03:39 AM on 08/12/2011

Video here:
http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM1592919-7823-GANSOS+AJUDAM+NA+SEGURANCA+EM+DELEGACIA+NO+INTERIOR+DO+CEARA,00.html

[Reikoku Jaken]

02:41 AM on 08/12/2011

Or maybe they'll just be eaten.