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I found this poor goose laying in a park today and acting odd. When I got closer I saw that its left leg was coiled up and the area around it was covered in blood. As far as I can tell, the goose got trapped in some fishing line or something and nearly amputated its leg. None of the wildlife rescue groups could get it so a coworker and I done wrassled it into a critter gitter and brought it to a rescue. With any luck it will make some kind of recovery even if it can't be released.
It was very much a lesser of two weevils situation. We knew there was a significant risk of re-injuring it trying to capture it, but it was resting next to a big public event that would start in an hour. The risk of random schmucks doing that when my coworker studies wildlife biology and my background is in wildlife rehab was big enough to outweigh that. I ended up in the mud, covered in blood and shit, smiling while it bit me.
Thank you for saving this cutie's life <3