{"id":428206,"date":"2025-12-06T06:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428206\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T06:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:31:12","slug":"papillion-firefighters-save-goose-stuck-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428206\/","title":{"rendered":"Papillion firefighters save goose stuck on ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Papillion firefighters save goose that was stuck on ice<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAND DODGE. WELL, HERE\u2019S A STORY WORTH YOUR GANDER. THE PAVILION FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SET OUT ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE. LITERALLY, A GOOSE SOMEHOW GOT STUCK ON A FROZEN LAKE JUST SOUTH OF 84TH AND HIGHWAY 370. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN\u2019S EDDIE MESSEL HAS THE STORY OF THIS AMAZING RESCUE. ON A COLD WINTER DAY, CLAYTON MONACO STUMBLED UPON SOMETHING IN THIS FROZEN LAKE. I CAME BY ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING TO GO TO MY SON\u2019S HOUSE, AND I SEEN HIM OUT BY HIMSELF. IT WAS A GOOSE MISSING FROM HIS FLOCK. I CAME BACK ABOUT ONE TO LET MY SON\u2019S DOGS OUT AND HE WAS STILL THERE. OKAY. SO I DECIDED TO STOP AT PAPILLION FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD CHECK TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HIS CONDITION. PAPILLION FD ANSWERED THE CALL. OKAY. RESCUING THIS CANADA GOOSE FROM AN ICY FATE ON MIDLANDS LAKE. HERE HE IS. HE\u2019S WALKING. NOT VERY GOOD. HIS FEET ARE. AND HIS WINGS WILL FLAP OUT SO THEY\u2019RE NOT BROKEN. THAT\u2019S NOT A WAY FOR AN ANIMAL TO GO. NOT TO BE FROZEN. SOMEBODY CAN DO SOMETHING FOR HIM NOW. SAFE AND WARM. IT\u2019S ONLY RIGHT HE HAS A NAME. CAN I GET YOUR NAME? CANADIAN. CANADIAN IS NOW AT THE NEBRASKA WILDLIFE REHAB FOR CARE. WE\u2019LL GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT LAB WORK, THAT DIAGNOSTICS, AND THEN WE\u2019LL GO FROM THERE. IF WE CAN TREAT HIM AND GET HIM BACK OUT INTO THE WILD, WE WILL. REPORTING IN PAPILLION EDDIE MESSEL KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. LOOKS LIKE HE MADE A NEW FRIEND. I LOVE THAT EDDIE GOT THE SOUNDBITE FROM THE GOOSE. OH, YEAH. WHAT IS WITH ALL THE GEESE? JUST ENJOYING THE REALLY COLD WATER. EVERY TIME I GO OUT JOGGING, I ALWAYS SEE THEM, YOU KNO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Papillion Fire Department was sent out on a wild goose chase.A bystander called the authorities to save a goose that had been out on the ice at a lake near Ponderosa Drive since Wednesday night.Firefighters saved the bird.The Nebraska Wildlife Rehab took the goose in to monitor its conditions.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"dateline\">PAPILLION, Neb. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Papillion Fire Department was sent out on a wild goose chase.<\/p>\n<p>A bystander called the authorities to save a goose that had been out on the ice at a lake near Ponderosa Drive since Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters saved the bird.<\/p>\n<p>The Nebraska Wildlife Rehab took the goose in to monitor its conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/article\/ketv-google-preferred-source\/69001001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NAVIGATE: <\/strong><strong><a data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/\" id=\"OWAe1787c6f-ec5a-e0bc-7fa7-5e6464d7be9a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/strong><strong> | <\/strong><strong><a data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/weather\" id=\"OWAac5e916d-b648-647e-8879-7dc7cf9e8847\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/weather\">Weather<\/a><\/strong><strong> | <\/strong><strong><a data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/local-news\" id=\"OWA7a3b4773-2548-53e6-4f87-da281ec1f267\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/local-news\">Local News<\/a><\/strong><strong> | <\/strong><strong><a data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/national-news\" id=\"OWA4d44b5ad-6f37-d1c9-431f-a73266c73adb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/national-news\">National<\/a><\/strong><strong> | <\/strong><strong><a data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/sports\" id=\"OWA9c2f0c04-ca4e-c8b4-b372-403f264bec29\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/sports\">Sports<\/a><\/strong><strong> | <\/strong><strong><a data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/nowcast\" id=\"OWA04c0c4df-ec87-a66a-6a2b-afd5be5527c5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/nowcast\">Newscasts on demand<\/a><\/strong><strong> |<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Papillion firefighters save goose that was stuck on ice AND DODGE. 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