DOUGLAS, Mass. (WWLP) - Following the news that the weeks-long search for Goose, the water monitor, had finally ended, the Massachusetts Environmental Police have shared video footage of his capture in Douglas last Saturday.

The MEP stated that at approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 2, officers received a call reporting that the elusive lizard had been seen in Douglas for a second time, spotted near Southwest Main Street. Officers arrived in the area, but Goose ran into a hole under a nearby tree, not yet willing to give up the fight.

Goose the water monitor lizard safely captured after weeks of searching

Environmental police were assisted by staff from the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the Webster Animal Control Officer, and Rainforest Reptiles to catch Goose. A plan w

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