MAHOPAC — A Mahopac man who shot and killed a Canada goose near Lake Ossi faces an animal-cruelty charge, police said.
Putnam County SPCA officers were dispatched to the Lake Ossi neighborhood Monday after a resident reported seeing a man shooting a Canada goose and leaving its body near the shore, police said.
SPCA officers responded with state Department of Environmental Conservation police and spoke with the man, who was seen walking away from the lake.
They determined that Gregory Stefkovic, 44, of Mahopac had shot and killed the goose with a .177 caliber air rifle. Stefkovic explained that he shot the goose because the birds left too much feces by the lake, making it unsafe for children to play there.
SPCA police charged him with animal cruelty, a misdemeanor, while DEC police issued several summons for hunting violations, police said.
Stefkovic is due in Carmel Town Court on June 11.
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