Goose shot with paintball gun, duct taped
Plymouth, MN (US)Incident Date: Monday, Jun 2, 2008
County: Hennepin
Disposition: Alleged
Case Images: 1 files available
Alleged:
» John Miller
» Dane Rockstead
John Miller and Dane Rockstead go to Wayzata High School and both are charged with animal cruelty after investigators said they abused a goose and brought it to school.
"The bird appeared to be in pretty significant distress," said Chief Mike Goldstein with the Plymouth Police Department.
Police said the two seniors had the bird for two days before they brought it to school in a backpack.
"They actually shot it with a paint ball gun, put a net around it and then I believe put it in a kennel ... and they kept it overnight, and at some point brought it into the school," said Goldstein.
Investigators said the boys then tortured the goose even more. At some point they encircled the body with duct tape which caused the bird a lot of distress.
"It was dehydrated, it was in distress, they have to wait for all the feathers to fall off, and they have to clip many of them off because the duct tape did so much damage," said the Chief.
Students who witnessed the prank were shaken up and didn't think it was funny.
"A lot of people were talking about it. They just didn't agree with it all -- they thought it was really bad, and it just doesn't look good," said Senior Jennifer Wick.
The school district said it disciplined the students.
The two teenagers could be fined $1,000 and serve up to 90 days in jail.
Experts said when birds are stressed like this, they often die, so they think this goose is pretty tough.
The rehab center plans to release it back into the wild Wednesday. References
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