This week, staff at the Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts noticed someone in need of help.
A wild goose named Arnold, who lives on a pond nearby, was seen having trouble walking, apparently due to a hurt foot. Staff decided to admit the bird into their wildlife hospital for treatment.
But they weren’t the only ones concerned about Arnold’s wellbeing.
An examination found that Arnold’s foot was indeed injured and would require surgery to fix. His sudden absence from the pond, however, didn’t go unnoticed.
Arnold, it turns out, has a girlfriend — a lifelong mate who’s been with him for years. And she wasn’t about to deny him her moral support in his time of greatest need.
“As we prepared to sedate Arnold and get him ready for surgery, we heard a faint tapping at the clinic door,” staff at the center wrote. “We turned to see that his mate had waddled up onto the porch and was attempting to break into our clinic! She had somehow located him …”
Fortunately, the surgery on Arnold’s foot was a success. His girlfriend demanded nothing less.
“She remained there throughout the entire procedure, watching us work, never moving from the doorway,” staff wrote.
Afterward, they placed Arnold near the door and opened it so the two geese could be together.
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