Amanda Seamon has lived in the Estates at Johns Creek community for 14 years, but she wasn't prepared for what she and her family encountered last Wednesday.

In the middle of the afternoon, she was stunned to discover the geese that lived around her apartment complex were laying around the property, dead or dying. 

As she walked around the property, carcasses of dead geese were all over the place -- in the grass, on the sidewalk, in bushes, at the edge of a pond. In all, more than two dozen geese were dead.

"I was mortified," she said. "I walked out on my porch and I saw them laying all around the pond dead. I watched three struggling to get their head above water to breathe and ultimately died."

A sign, apparently posted by a resident, warned people against walking their pets in the area.

A sign placed at the Estates at Johns Creek.

This sign was posted on the property not too long after the geese were found, said Amanda Seamon.

Credit: Amanda Seamon

The Estates at Johns Creek advertises itself as a welcoming luxury community with two “sparkling” swimming pools with outdoor kitchens, a fitness center with a yoga studio, saunas and a state-of-the-art game room complete with billiards and poker. It is located about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta

The complex has not responded to GPB News’ requests for comment about what happened to the geese. The Department of Natural Resources, which sent a team to the site, has yet to respond to requests for comment as well.

When Seamon first came across the dead geese, she said she called the leasing office, but received no answer. She then called animal control who referred her to the police.

Canada geese are a protected species under state and federal law, and it is a felony to kill them, except for certain times of the year when Georgia's migratory bird regulations allow for hunting. Seamon said the police officer who first responded was unaware of that law. Around that time, she said, other residents called the Department of Natural Resources, which responded immediately by sending out a team of investigators.

"They came out and took over the situation," Seamon said. "They were appalled. They photographed the whole scene, collected the corn that we saw on the ground, and collected the (geese) bodies."

People remove geese at the Estates at Johns Creek.

Amanda Seamon took this photograph of the geese being collected after the Department of Natural Resources was notified.

Credit: Amanda Seamon

Seamon said she just wants to see justice.

"Everyone that is involved needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," she said. 

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