INDIAN TRAIL, NC (WBTV) - Carolina Waterfowl Rescue is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of who ever is responsible for shooting geese or other animals with arrows in Indian Trail neighborhoods.
The rescue group says several geese have been found shot with arrows in and around the
Sheridan neighborhoods over the last year.
Crystal Gegelman made the first discovery - a dead bird shot in the back with an arrow floating in her subdivision's pond.
"I saw this bright colored object..it was the feathery part of the arrow," Gegelman said. "I thought what kind of evil person would do this to a poor goose."
Since then, wildlife experts say there have been a handful of reports in the Sheridan and Taylor Glen neighborhoods about other injured geese.
Jennifer Gordon with the Carolina Waterfowl Rescue documents every case. She started to realize after a while all the arrows were the same.
"So they actually had to shot here so it's somewhere around this neighborhood where they could walk but couldn't fly," Gordon said. "There's no excuse for people shooting off weapons around here where kids are playing."
Anyone with information should contact Union County Sheriff's office Mike Musselwhite 704-283-3768 or or contact North Carolina Wildlife Enforcement Tracy Dula 1-800-662-
7137
CWR is collecting funds to pay for medical expenses for injured animals as well as donations
toward increasing the reward fund. For further information, contact Carolina Waterfowl Rescue at 704-688-9486, waterfowlrescue@aol.com or www.cwrescue.org
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