- Thousands of Asian goldfish have taken over Edgewater Pond in the Canadian city of St. Albert
- City officials have tried to eradicate the invasive pests by draining water so the pond would freeze over the winter and by electro-shocking the water
- But the hardy fish survived their best efforts to wipe them out
A Canadian city is desparately battling an infestion of thousands of ‘monster’ goldfish after someone set a pair free in a pond four years ago.
Thousands of Asian goldfish have taken over Edgewater Pond in the Canadian city of St. Albert.
For the past three years, city officials have tried to eradicate the invasive pests by draining water so the pond would freeze over the winter and by electro-shocking the water.
A Canadian city is desparately battling an infestion of thousands of ‘monster’ goldfish after someone set a pair free in a pond four years ago. Pictured, a monster fish found in a Canadian lake last year (file photo)
But the hardy fish survived their best efforts to wipe them out, according to CBC News.
This year, when goldfish were spotted at Ted Hole Pond downstream, the city decided to pump in chemicals to kill fish into both ponds.
‘The battle goes on,’ said Leah Kongsrude, St. Albert’s director of environment.
Thousands of Asian goldfish have taken over Edgewater Pond (pictured) in the Canadian city of St. Albert
‘I think of zombie movies when I think about [how] we froze the storm pond right to the bottom and they survived through that, when we tried to electro-fish ’em it didn’t do anything.
‘They’re very resilient, very tough and our native fish species wouldn’t have a chance if they got out there.
‘They may look cute in your fish bowl when you buy them but once you let them out into the natural world, they can grow into monster fish.’