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ST ALBANS: Goose put down after being shot
A goose had to be put down after it was shot with an air rifle at Stanborough Lakes on Tuesday morning.
The feral goose, a white breed known as ebden, was found at about 7.30am, and rescued from the water by RSPCA inspector Kate Cornell after a struggle lasting more than two hours.
She took it to a local vet, who decided after an hour-long operation that the pellet had shattered the ear canal and it would not recover.
Ms Cornell said: "This goose would have suffered a huge amount of pain and distress.
"It is about time that people stopped breaking the law by using animals and birds as targets for air weapons."
The goose is thought to have been shot shortly before a passer-by called the RSPCA that morning.
12:35pm Thursday 20th March 2008
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