Someone else who was feeding the goose with the broken wing decided to go to the local newspaper to see if there was something that could be done...someone who could help the poor thing. The conservation officer was contacted and so was raptor rescue, but sadly enough, there was nothing they could do. Or perhaps I should say that there was nothing they wanted to do. Unless, they added, it was a rare bird, such as one of the trumpeter swans that also stops here. So, in their wisdom, they decided to go to the park the very next day and "dispose" of the goose. I am quite sure that it was a very fast and painless death, and seeing as how the goose was tame, he probably wasn't afraid either, but the whole thing breaks my heart. And to make it worse, upon checking his little goose body to see what caused the injury, a .22 bullet was found in his wing. And...if that isn't bad enough, the day after this, no less than FOUR people phoned the newpaper, saying that they lived on farms or acreages and had room for an injured goose, especially a tame one. Too late at this point, but isn't that typical bureaucracy...jump first and investigate later? I just found the whole affair very sad.
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"the very next day"???...boy, thats the fastest I've seen the Govt act! Usually the bureaucracy moves at mind numbing slowness...sadly for that goose it must been a pretty slow week for them!
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