By Jack Fifield

Residents of a sleepy Yorkshire village have had their feathers ruffled over plans to remove a pair of beloved geese from a local pond due to "health and safety" concerns.

White goose Lucy Goose has been sharing Townend Pond, located off the village High Street in Stillington, North Yorkshire, with local ducks for two years.

Recently, Lucy – who is owned by local resident Molly Dickman – even found love with a male Chinese goose brought to keep her company.

But residents in the Domesday village have been left shocked after parish councillors decided the geese have to be removed over road safety concerns.

At a Stillington Parish Council meeting held on July 2, councillors decided that the paired geese would be offered back to their owners or re-homed at a different

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