Story highlights Grumpy Gertie reportedly killed in drive-by shooting

Radio listeners offer $380,000 reward to help find goose killers

(CNN) Big-hearted radio listeners are in a flap over the suspected shooting of a goose, offering a £275,000 ($380,000) reward to help find its killers.

The beloved local bird -- called Grumpy Gertie -- was recently found dead in the British village of Sandon, in Hertfordshire, north of London.

Police have now exhumed Gertie's body and sent it to the Royal Veterinary College in London to determine whether the goose was killed in a drive-by shooting, as local media have reported.

@theJeremyVine Took this pic of the Sandon goose in 2012 next to his phone box (before he chased me down the road) 😔 pic.twitter.com/RRWMDvJaG6 — Nel (The Mug Co) (@TheMugCo) February 26, 2016

"Prior to officers attending the scene, the body had been buried, so an officer had to remove the goose from this location," said Giles Cooper of the Hertfordshire Constabulary.

"If it can be confirmed the bird was shot, this would of course be investigated."

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