Kevin, the broken-winged Canada goose, has warmed his way into the hearts of locals and visitors alike but now that winter is coming, this fine-feathered friend is in trouble.

Maybe youB次元官网网址檝e seen Kevin, waddling around Okanagan Lake beach near the Peach, being fed mini-donuts or wading in the water near shore. HeB次元官网网址檚 been ostracized from his gaggle of geese because of his broken wing.

So Kevin stands alone and with winter coming, his human friends like Dave Chuokalos are getting worried for his future.

B次元官网网址淭he first time I met Kevin was in April when he started following me around the water. The water was freezing but I was rehabbing my leg and here was this injured goose following me everywhere,B次元官网网址� said Chuokalos, who has taken up a friendship with the broken-winged bird and visits him at the lake multiple times a week.

B次元官网网址淲hile I was out in the water, someone called out to me and said, B次元官网网址楾hatB次元官网网址檚 Kevin. Everyone knows Kevin.B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� And it turns out lots of people do know Kevin. He gained a following this summer, with his broken wing and gentle demeanor.

B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 very friendly. This summer everyone was buying him mini-donuts. One woman has gotten so close to him, she can pet him,B次元官网网址� said Chuokalos.

Rescue groups in the area are also aware of Kevin. A lot of people are rooting for their fine feathered friend.

B次元官网网址淣ow we are going into winter and heB次元官网网址檚 going to either starve or freeze to death if heB次元官网网址檚 left out here,B次元官网网址� said Chuokalos, while feeding Kevin on Monday.

Chuokalos is hoping Kevin can find a safe place to live for winter.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 hoping there is a farm out there or an animal rescue that can take him in for the winter,B次元官网网址� Chuokalos pleads. B次元官网网址淚 canB次元官网网址檛 bear to see him suffer and die here. All the other geese have left him because of his wing and they pick at him if he tries to join them.B次元官网网址�

KevinB次元官网网址檚 only feathered friends are the ducks who call Okanagan Lake home, he said.

Plus, Kevin canB次元官网网址檛 fly. He tries but can only get about a foot or so before having to come back down.

Last winter, Okanagan Lake froze about a metre out from shore. Chuokalos worries he could break a leg or freeze if he stays.

Chuokalos and his wife Maureen have been visiting Kevin a couple times a week since April. Others visit him regularly too.

All Chuokalos has to do is call KevinB次元官网网址檚 name and he comes waddling over.

B次元官网网址淵ou canB次元官网网址檛 help but like this little guy,B次元官网网址� said Chuokalos.

Nobody knows how Kevin got his name. Or even if Kevin is a Kevin and not a Karen. Kevin is the bird in the popular Pixar movie Up, so that might be how he got his name.

B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 just such a gentle thing who just really needs our help. IB次元官网网址檇 be willing to help in anyway I can to bring Kevin somewhere safe,B次元官网网址� Chuokalos said.

monique.Tamminga@pentictonwesternnews.com
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