MARYSVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting a beloved pet goose named Wee Wee faces three misdemeanor charges. The Yuba County District Attorney's office charged David Gregory Davis, 48, of Marysville, with hunting without a license, waste of game and overlimit of geese for shooting the Canada goose out of season.

Wee Wee might have appeared no different than any other Canada goose to the average hunter, but he was a family pet to Todd Hulsey and Sharri Neel and their children, as well as a friend to their neighbors.

The family rescued Wee Wee as a gosling from the Sacramento River more than a year ago and he became a pet. He waited for them at the gate to their property, rode in their boat when they went fishing and flew behind a motorcycle driven by Hulsey.

Sharri Neel had even posted a sign along a private road adjoining a nearby rice field that said, "Please Don't Shoot The Pet Goose."

Wee Wee was found floating in the rice field. Davis is scheduled to be arraigned June 26 in Yuba County Superior Court.

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