Goose Stepping Spreads Across Mass

Mother Goose Killed

ATTLEBORO
(AP) — A Rhode Island man charged with stomping to death a Canada goose
and
five goslings said he did it because he felt threatened
by the birds.

John A. Sanders, 33, was arraigned Monday in Attleboro District Court
on charges
of animal cruelty and disorderly conduct.

Sanders, an industrial engineer from North Kingstown, R.I., was working at a
Texas Instruments plant in Attleboro on Saturday. According to the police report,
he was walking on the campus when an adult goose hissed at Sanders, who slipped
and fell in mud.

"Angered by this fall, he began his rampage, chasing the goslings and kicking
them," the report said.

A witness reported seeing Sanders running across the grass, shouting and stopping
to jump up and down. The witness called police, who found two goslings flattened
on the parking lot, and three more dead on the grass.

The adult goose, believed to be the goslings’ mother, was taken to an animal
hospital in West Bridgewater, where it was euthanized Sunday because its injuries
were too severe, said Karen Harvey, Attleboro’s animal control officer.

from WHDH Boston 7