Did you know that geese mate for life? Geese often pair up during mating season and remain faithful to each other for good, working together to raise their young.
It’s very romantic — but it can also lead to heartbreak when a goose dies, leaving their monogamous partner suddenly alone.
That was the case for one goose, who was left heartbroken after her beloved mate’s death — until some friends helped get her back on the dating scene.
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Blossom and Bud, a mated pair of geese, lived happily together at the pond of Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, Iowa.
But after five years together, their romance was cut short after Bud died. According to a Facebook post from Riverside Cemetery, Bud was killed by a wild animal.
Staff was heartbroken by the goose’s death, but no one was more heartbroken than Blossom. After her partner’s death, she was never the same.
“We started to notice that she was really seeming lonely and isolating herself,” Dorie Tammen, General Manager of Riverside Cemetery, told CBC Radio.
“It was clear that she was lonely and she needed a partner.”
This is the time of year when geese couple up with their partners, which only made Blossom’s loneliness worse. This will be her first spring season without a partner.
Photos show the lonely goose staring at her own reflection in the tombstones, as if searching for another goose to spend her days with.
So, her friends at the cemetery decided to step in and play matchmaker, setting out to find a new mate for Blossom.