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Cops search for shooter after goose impaled with arrow

A Canada goose with an arrow embedded in

Photo credit: Suffolk SPCA | A Canada goose with an arrow embedded in its body was spotted in Sag Harbor. The Suffolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is searching for the bird and the person who shot it, offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. (Dec. 8, 2012)

A Canada goose with an arrow impaling its body was found in Sag Harbor on Saturday, and investigators are searching for the culprit who shot it and the means to capture the bird.

Roy Gross, chief of the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said the bird was still able to fly, eat and walk, despite the arrow sticking straight through its body.

"It appears to...

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