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Jun 3, 2008 6:48 pm US/Central
2 Teens In Trouble After Duct Taping Goose
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At some point they encircled the body with duct tape which caused the bird a lot of distress.
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Two high school seniors are
getting a real-life lesson in the law.
John Miller and Dane Rockstead
go to Wayzata High School and both are charged with
animal cruelty after investigators said they abused a goose and brought it to
school.
"The bird appeared to be in
pretty significant distress," said Chief Mike Goldstein with the Plymouth
Police Department.
Police said the two seniors
had the bird for two days before they brought it to school in a
backpack.
"They actually shot it with
a paint ball gun, put a net around it and then I believe put it in a kennel ... and
they kept it overnight, and at some point brought it into the school," said
Goldstein.
Investigators said the boys
then tortured the goose even more. At
some point they encircled the body with duct tape which caused the bird
a lot of distress.
"It was dehydrated, it was
in distress, they have to wait for all the feathers to fall off, and they have
to clip many of them off because the duct tape did so much damage," said the
Chief.
Students who witnessed the
prank were shaken up and didn't think it was funny.
"A lot of people were
talking about it. They just didn't agree with it all -- they thought it was
really bad, and it just doesn't look good," said Senior Jennifer Wick.
The school district said it
disciplined the students.
The two teenagers could be
fined $1,000 and serve up to 90 days in jail.
Experts said when birds are
stressed like this, they often die, so they think this goose is pretty tough.
The rehab center plans to
release it back into the wild Wednesday.
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