When your partner, the love of your life, is in trouble, you’d want to be by their side, right?

It’s the same for these geese.

Located in Barnstable, MA, there’s a Canada goose named Arnold.

He lives by the pond near the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center and had to be treated for a tattered foot.

Officials at the center believe he must have been a victim of a snapping turtle attack, hence the injury.

Arnold was always falling over.

“We thought it would be in his best interest if we intervened and gave him an exam,” Zak Mertz, executive director of the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center, explained.

They had difficulty catching Arnold

But eventually, they did it.

The staff took him to the exam room to check his foot. That’s when they discovered it was more serious than they imagined.

Arnold had open fractures on both sides of one foot, that’s why he kept falling over.

It was so serious that, if they hadn’t caught it, could cost Arnold his leg or his life.

They needed to operate ASAP.

This happened on a Tuesday. On Wednesday, the staff performed surgery on Arnold’s foot.

While they were performing surgery, they heard a tapping on the door. One of the staff members went to the door to discover another goose outside.

It was Arnold’s partner, Amelia!

It turned out Arnold was living at the pond with his partner.

“Lo and behold, his mate somehow knew which room of our facility he was in, knew where he was and was pretty agitated trying to get in the door. This was pretty shocking to us because these geese usually want nothing to do with people at all,” Zak shared.

Of course, they couldn’t let her inside the center.

The staff member thought fast though and reassured Amelia that Arnold was okay.

Amelia was still worried though and kept crying out loud. They decided to move the procedure closer to the door so Amelia could see them.

The surgery was a success.

Arnold was still unconscious from the anesthesia though but they decided to take him outside to be beside Amelia while his anesthesia wore off.

“We decided to let him recover on the ground and get his oxygen there. And when we did, and we opened the door, both geese calmed down. And the mate actually stuck her neck in and began to preen him and take care of him. And it was just the sweetest thing you’ve ever seen,” Zak said.

Because he still needed additional treatment, Arnold still had to stay inside the center to fully recover.

But they provided a space for him outside where they had constant lunch dates.

“We’re trying to give them as much exposure to each other as possible,” Mertz said. “So that we can keep her interested and keep their stress levels low. All these factors contribute to a faster recovery,” Zak reported.

In a world where there is so much uncertainty, love can still conquer all beyond species.

See how Amelia got the center’s attention in the video below!

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Source: YouTube – WCVB Channel 5 Boston, Facebook – Cape Wildlife Center, CBS News, Cape Cod Times