Watertown Police and the town's Animal Control Officer Karen O'Reilly are looking for information about someone who shot a goose with a blow dart along the Charles River last month.

According to the Watertown Police Department, the incident occurred on the Charles River in the area of the Dealtry Memorial Pool.

"I have never seen another blow dart here in Watertown," O'Reilly said. "These darts are not something that would be used to haze birds off of fields or out of parks so the only conclusion I can come to is that someone wanted to cause harm to this animal and it was a deliberate act."

O'Reily said the goose was injured by the blow dart and was recovering at Tufts Wildlife Clinic.

Around the same time this bird was found, O'Reilly received a tip that a small group was throwing rocks at the geese.

"Whether this group is responsible for the dart, I don’t know, but we would like to talk to them as well," she said. "I strongly urge anyone who sees anything to call WPD when it is happening so someone can respond ASAP. This type of abuse won’t be tolerated in Watertown."

Anyone with information can contact O’Reilly at Animal Control at 617-972-6446.

"This type of dart could also do serious harm to a person," O'Reilly added.