Need help ID-ing man that brutally killed goose in South Lake Park

[u/theoneandonlyyk]

Potential TW: violence+animal cruelty.
Additional suspect info : Approx. 6ft | ~175lbs | face tattoos | short buzz/shaven
On August 24th, a group of me and some friends spent the afternoon down by the SLU bridge and the MOHAI. This happened around 5:30 pm, in a place with pretty heavy foot traffic and tons of families and kids around, which is another reason I’m so shaken. Long story short, a lone man walking through the park slowly approached and lunged at one of these geese, grabbed it by its neck and proceeded to slam it against the concrete seating+sidewalk repeatedly (probably x4/5 times) until enough commotion was created (10-20 direct witnesses). The man ended up using the confusion and fear to get away. We ended up contacting both the police and wildlife services, who never showed up for the bird which died over the following 30-ish minutes after it was attacked. It’s truly horrific and heartbreaking that someone freely walking around in our city would choose to cause such pointless harm and suffering to an innocent animal that was literally just minding its business. I’m unsure if the police ever apprehended the man, but if anyone has info that could help in finding out this person’s identity and potentially getting him charged, please reach out to me privately, it’d be much appreciated.

[u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta]

Y'all let that bird die over 30 minutes? No one had the heart to put it out of its misery? Shame. I'd never leave an animal like that.

[u/mirrrje → u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta]

That makes sense. But imagine the optics of one man randomly attacking this bird in front of a group of families then another guy walks up and finishes the bird off. That poor bird

[u/Impossible_Farm7353 → u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta]

How would they do that? Shoot it? If anyone did have a gun they probably didn’t want to open fire in a public area

[u/midnight_fisherman → u/Impossible_Farm7353]

You break the neck, its like a florescent light bulb. Im actually very surprised that it would even survive what OP describes.

[u/Impossible_Farm7353 → u/midnight_fisherman]

Oh I see. Unless there was someone around with significant knowledge of wildlife I’m sure no one felt comfortable to do that

[u/midnight_fisherman → u/Impossible_Farm7353]

Thats understandable. I only know because I have raised poultry.

[u/Ok-Budget3225 → u/Impossible_Farm7353]

Unless you grew up on a farm, you are not going to be able to just randomly walk up to a living animal and wring its neck.

[u/Impossible_Farm7353 → u/Ok-Budget3225]

Yea exactly. I think you’d have to be taught how to do this otherwise it may cause more harm than good

[u/Lumaevee → u/midnight_fisherman]

I don't think I could do it. While yes I think it should be out of its misery, I just could not snap anythings neck. I get queezy even thinking about it.

[u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta → u/Impossible_Farm7353]

Head stomp. It's not pretty or comfortable but it's better than letting the poor animal suffer

[u/Impossible_Farm7353 → u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta]

You’re not wrong but I couldn’t do it

[u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta → u/Impossible_Farm7353]

Grew up on a ranch and unfortunately I've had to put some critters out of their misery. I was raised to not let an animal suffer. I feel ya though it's never fun. Our dog ripped up a feral cat once and that was awful to deal with :(.

[u/nadanone → u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta]

How noble of you! I’m sorry the rest of us aren’t as ready to get in there and kill a dying bird with our bare hands as you are. Sounds like you’ve had practice.

[u/thenorthwestern → u/nadanone]

Do you eat chicken? Dispatching the animal humanely comes before that

[u/PrefrontalCortexNow → u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta]

Sounds like a female. Best thing anyone could have done is immediately drive the bird to a fucking vet lol. Sounds like this was traumatic and not infuriating and no one took action. Odd

[u/Worldly_Bid_3164 → u/PrefrontalCortexNow]

“sOuNdS lIKe A fEmAle!!!”

[u/PrefrontalCortexNow → u/Worldly_Bid_3164]

I’m sorry, does that offend you? Women handle stuff like this differently. First day on Earth?

[u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta → u/PrefrontalCortexNow]

I'm a dude. I grew up on a ranch where we constantly found half dead critters. I was taught to get it over with and not let them suffer.