Abner the Goose Saved After Dog Attack

After a vicious dog attack, Abner the Goose was saved by Cobb County Animal Control workers.

One goose now has a second chance after a dog attack ruffled his feathers. A citizen took the goose to Cobb County Animal Control after it was attacked by a dog in Powder Springs. Cobb County veterinarian Amy Belew performed surgery on the rare Chinese goose, who is being called Abner. Belew’s friend, who owns the South Cobb stable where her own horse is kept, will foster the goose and provide follow-up care and medication. Antibiotics for a goose are administered in grapes, and they eat grass and grain. The goose will be housed in a 10x10 chicken coop on the horse stable property. “We normally don’t do wildlife,” said Cobb AC Field Services Manager Tom Flynn. In cases like this one, Flynn said, “We deal with them because you want to do …

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Sydney Busby

9:03 am on Friday, June 1, 2012

Get well soon, Abner!   more ›

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