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Case ID: 7149

Classification: Burning - Fire or Fireworks

Animal: bird (wildlife)

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Goose taped with fireworks, exploded
Green Bay, WI (US)

Incident Date: Friday, Dec 23, 2005
County: Brown

Disposition: Open

Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

Case Updates: 2 update(s) available

Green Bay police are looking for someone who taped fireworks to a Canada goose, ignited them and killed the bird.

On Dec. 23, someone reported finding the dead bird in a driveway of the 2900 block of Gilbert Drive, on the city's east side.

The police department's humane officer found the carcass with spent explosives taped to it.

Police are investigating it as an act of cruelty to animals, which can bring a charge carrying a maximum penalty of 3� years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Lt. Dave Wesely of the Green Bay Police Department described the explosives as bottle rockets.

Green Bay Police officers recently went through training to identify signs of neglect to animals when responding to calls that may not be directly related to animals, said Capt. Greg Urban.

Recognizing those signs may lead to bigger things through investigation.

"In many cases if there's mistreatment or cruelty to animals there may be domestic abuse to spouses or physical abuse of children, so that's one possible indicator," he said.

If you have information on this case, please contact:
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432-STOP

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The first money to be drawn from a city committee's new crime-fighting fund could be used to avenge the recent deaths of a Canada goose. "When animal abuse goes that far with such a disregard for any type of life and done in such a grisly manner, that's something that definitely has to be looked into deeper," said Sharon Hensen, Green Bay's animal control officer. At Hensen's request, the city's Protection & Welfare Committee last week OK'd spending up to $2,000 from its $20,000 fund, created last month, for full forensic exams of the animals at the state Crime Lab in Madison. Hensen offered scarce details on the investigations that are continuing. Green Bay police have brought in another agency to help with the goose case, she said. Full forensic exams will be required in order to prosecute offenders, Hensen said. She said the city's budget crunch has limited the number of animal cases that can undergo that sort of testing.

Alderman and Committee Chairman Chris Wery, who brought forward Hensen's request and co-sponsored the fund's creation, said this would be the first use of the fund. The money for the exams could be reimbursed through a successful outcome in court.

Source: Green Bay Press Gazette - March 6, 2006
Update posted on Apr 1, 2006 - 8:38PM

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The reward money has increased for an animal cruelty case in which someone taped explosives to a Canada goose, ignited them and killed the bird in Green Bay in December.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever did it. The reward is in addition to $2,500 offered by the Humane Society of the United States in the same case.

Police are investigating it as an act of cruelty to animals, which can bring a charge carrying a maximum penalty of 3� years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Green Bay Police Department at (920) 448-3208 or call Crime Stoppers at 432-STOP.

Source: Green Bay Press Gazette - Feb 11, 2006
Update posted on Feb 11, 2006 - 9:39AM

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