Canada goose pierced by hunter’s 26-inch arrow luckily lands in retired NJ veterinarian’s yard

Goose hit by arrow lands in veterinarian’s NJ yard

MILLINGTON, N.J. — A Canada goose with a hunter’s 26-inch arrow sticking out of its chest picked the right place to land — in the yard of a retired New Jersey veterinarian.

Eighty-two-year-old Bernard Levine performed lifesaving surgery and transported the goose to the state’s largest bird rehabilitation facility, The Raptor Trust in Millington.

After a three-week rehab at The Raptor Trust, the goose was released last week into a stream in a wooded area.

Levine says it’s great to see the goose free and “enjoying life the way a goose should.”

Birders don’t dispute Levine’s kind act was heroic. But the geese are hardly at the top of their conservation lists.

Critics of the waterfowl say goose excrement pollutes ponds. They say flocks stop road traffic and nesting groups take over public parks.