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Cemetery staff take out personal ad for goose whose mate died -- and find her a new match
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-hartman-on-the-road-cemetery-staff-personal-ad-for-goose-whose-mate-died/(video at link)
Cemetery staff take out personal ad for goose whose mate died — and find her a new match
evening-news
BY STEVE HARTMAN, KERRY BREEN
MARCH 3, 2023 / 7:36 PM / CBS NEWS
There are few things sadder than a love story cut short by tragedy.
One such story comes out of a cemetery in Marshalltown, Iowa, where employees noticed that a goose, Blossom, was out of sorts after the death of her mate, Bud.
Blossom and Bud had lived on the pond in Riverside Cemetery, but after he died in August 2022, Blossom's behavior changed, general manager Dorie Tammen said. Blossom started spending time near the front office, looking at her reflection in glass windows and on model tombstones.
"She wanted company," Tammen said.
After watching that, Tammen got an idea.
[...]
evening-news
BY STEVE HARTMAN, KERRY BREEN
MARCH 3, 2023 / 7:36 PM / CBS NEWS
There are few things sadder than a love story cut short by tragedy.
One such story comes out of a cemetery in Marshalltown, Iowa, where employees noticed that a goose, Blossom, was out of sorts after the death of her mate, Bud.
Blossom and Bud had lived on the pond in Riverside Cemetery, but after he died in August 2022, Blossom's behavior changed, general manager Dorie Tammen said. Blossom started spending time near the front office, looking at her reflection in glass windows and on model tombstones.
"She wanted company," Tammen said.
After watching that, Tammen got an idea.
[...]
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If this is an example of woke, we need more of it.
Thanks for posting this gem.
