Cg located at pembroke meadows in va beach, va. i was responding to a call that came into the virginia beach spca wildlife referral line about an injured goo. Catching a goose that is injured, but can still fly, is usually quite difficult. as simon says: 'you have one chance to catch it, and one chance only!' we we.
Upon further investigation, the goose is suffering from an injury to its foot or leg. the other geese eventually flew off last night but i don't believe the injured one went with them. i found the injured goose outside the fence again early this afternoon, still unable to use it's left leg foot. it's able to fly but has to hop around on one foot. (also, as a part of the back story, my friend saw that same goose two weeks (or more) prior in the park which means the injury was not recent when i brought him home.) i applied a splint for two weeks. as you can see in a video he started walking with the splint on, after almost two weeks. then i took the splint off on day 16 to examine the foot. If so, give them a call. if not, euthanizing it with a single shot beat the heck out of letting it starve to death or be ripped apart by a predator. every fall we have enough goose in our area unable to make it south that local conservation gets involved. some fortunate ones get to spend their final days cared for in animal shelters. Do geese stay with an injured goose? if one of a mated pair or a family member is injured, a goose will go down with the injured goose, and guard the injured goose until it recovers or dies. there are two subspecies, the branta canadensis interiori (interior canada goose), and the branta canadensis maxima (giant canada goose).
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