Video: PETA Places Once-Neglected Goose in a Perfect New Home

Group’s Community Animal Project Brings Doghouses, Bedding, Veterinary Care, and Love to Suffering Dogs, Cats, and Other Animals in Virginia

For Immediate Release:
June 27, 2013

Contact:
Shakira Croce 202-483-7382

Norfolk, Va. — Butchy Boy, a goose who once languished alone in a small, filthy pen in a Chesapeake backyard, now has a happy new home at an animal sanctuary, courtesy of PETA. The elderly woman who had been unable to care for him gave the group’s Community Animal Project (CAP) custody of him and—after stopping off at PETA’s Sam Simon Building to give the goose a gentle shower and a fresh salad—took him to his lush new home, where he enjoys pools and a creek to swim in, fresh corn and other vegetables, and even a goose girlfriend who follows him everywhere. Other PETA rescues at the sanctuary include Sherlock the pig, Pippi and Barb the pot-bellied pigs, and chickens Amanda and Little Daphna. Before and after photos of Butchy Boy are available here, and video footage of his rescue is available here.

“Butchy Boy finally has room to roam, fresh food to eat, clean water to splash in, and the companionship of other geese,” says PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch. “We urge anyone who spots possible cases of neglect—such as Butchy Boy’s former conditions—to call PETA or the local authorities immediately. You can help a once-miserable animal get a whole new lease on life.”

The video of Butchy Boy’s rescue also shows off some of the many other ways that CAP improves the lives of animals in Virginia and North Carolina. Staff members routinely go into impoverished neighborhoods to provide neglected animals—many of whom have never known a kind word or touch—with food, clean water, doghouses, bedding, and affection. CAP also offers discounted or even free veterinary care—especially spaying and neutering, the most effective way to prevent more unwanted animals from being born—and transports animals for veterinary care, loosens collars that have grown too tight, and supplies tangle-free running lines for chained dogs in jurisdictions where tethering is still legal. CAP staffers also counsel animal guardians on proper care, such as always allowing companion animals to live inside the house with their families.

CAP can be reached at 757-962-8370.

For more information, please visit PETA.org or click here.

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