Arkansas vet seeks home for goose named 50 Cent

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The story of 50 Cent the goose has gone beyond the Twin Lakes Area after the Associated Press picked up Tuesday's story about 50 Cent in The Bulletin. The story can now be seen on newspaper, radio and television websites from San Francisco to Washington D.C., and everywhere in between.

What has Mountain Home veterinarian Dr. Rob Conner most excited is that Tuesday's story in The Bulletin has prompted phone calls from people interested in adopting the goose who was named after the famous rapper when x-rays revealed he had survived being shot seven times.

The injured goose came from the Holiday Hills Estates subdivision on Cannie Baker Road in Mountain Home, Conner said.

Citizens feed geese at a nearby pond, the place 50 Cent ? as the bird was dubbed ? used to call home.

The goose was given an X-ray to determine the problem with its wing, and Conner and vet workers got a surprise when they viewed the X-ray.

?When we X-rayed the wing, we saw the fractured bone and we saw the reason,? Conner told The Bulletin Monday. ?We counted seven pellets. None of the shots were fatal.?

Shortly after the goose?s arrival, Conner operated on it, installing a metal rod encased in epoxy and a plastic tube to help the bone heal.

On Monday, 50 Cent was brought back into the operating room so Conner, with the help of veterinary assistant Mandy Mattix, could remove the pin.

?We?ll keep him here until he?s healed up,? Conner said. ?Then, hopefully, we will give him to someone who can give him a good home.?

Anyone wanting the goose will have to be screened, Conner said.

?He needs a water source like a pond or something, a food source and ? most of all ? good people,? Conner said. ?He likes people and he?s a pretty cool little animal.?

Anyone interested in adopting 50 Cent should call Conner?s office at 425-5175.

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You sure that goose isn't part cat and has nine lives?

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Impressive looking critter.

Hope it doesn't get shot at it's new home. :/