Charges are being filed in connection to the death of a goose in a New Bedford park.

Police say a New Bedford juvenile will be charged with cruelty to animals.

The charge stems from the killing of a Canada goose on September 1 near the duck pond at Brooklawn Park. Responding officers found the dead goose with head trauma, and a bloody rock near the goose's body.

An image with an attached story of the dead goose was shared on social media so many times, police say, that the 15-year-old boy admitted to his father that he had killed the animal. The father brought the boy to a police station where the teen reportedly confessed.

Over the weekend, a second dead goose was discovered with similar wounds.

Police say the investigation into the more recent discovery is still ongoing, and it's unclear if the geese deaths are related.

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