FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A Virginia man says he is fighting a jaywalking ticket he was issued while helping a family of Canada geese cross a busy street.

Jozsef Vamosi, 60, of Fairfax said he was given the ticket June 18 at about 9:30 a.m. when he pulled over on the Fairfax County Parkway to protect the geese attempting to cross the busy road, The Washington Post reported Monday.


Vamosi said the geese had just finished their trek across the street when a police officer arrived.

"He jumped out the car, yelling at me," Vamosi said of officer Kevin Rusin.

He said he plans to go to General District Court to fight the jaywalking citation Rusin gave him.

"And if I had the chance, I'd do it again," Vamosi said of helping the geese. "That's the way I'm raised."