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Goose tries to save friend after spotting him through window having surgery


Arnold having surgery and Amelia trying to break in (Picture: SWNS)

When you see a friend in trouble, you’ve got to do what you can to help out.

That’s the attitude Amelia the goose took when she saw her pal Arnold through a window.

Arnold was about to be put under for surgery on his leg when Amelia turned up.

She then proceeded to try to break in to set him free, much to the amusement of staff at Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

‘As we prepared to sedate Arnold and get him ready for surgery, we heard a faint tapping at the clinic door,’ said a rep. for the the non-profit.

‘We turned to see that his mate had waddled up onto the porch and was attempting to break into our clinic.’

Amelia turned up at the window and refused to leave (Picture: Cape Wildlife Center / SWNS)

Arnold needed the op after staff noticed him limping and falling over.

They were able to capture him and bring him in for an exam where they found he had two open fractures on his foot and scheduled him for surgery the next morning.

As they readied Arnold the next day, they heard a tapping at the clinic door and looked up to see his mate, whom they named Amelia, at the door.

‘She had somehow located him and was agitated that she could not get inside,’ said a rep.

‘She remained at the door throughout the entire procedure, watching us work, never moving from the doorway.’

She started taping at the window (Picture: Cape Wildlife Center / SWNS)

Luckily it all went fine and he was able to head back out for a meal with Amelia.

‘Once Arnold woke from anesthesia and the wound was closed and bandaged, we decided to let him recover by the doorway so that he could see his mate,’ said a rep.

‘His mate immediately calmed down and began to groom him through the door. They both seemed much more at ease in each other’s presence.’

Now a week on, he is making progress and staff have even managed to set up a temporary pen near the door so that Arnold and Amelia could share food together.

Arnold will be kept at the hospital while he finishes his medications and then transferred to an outdoor pen to re-acclimate before he is released.

Amelia shows no plans of leaving until Arnold is fully recovered.

‘We suspect he will be up and waddling in no time,’ said a rep.

‘Amelia remains close by and still visits the porch daily.’

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