Courtesy of Danielle Langloism, Wikipedia CCLGeorgia Goats Gone Wild
RIVERDALE, Georgia –
A herd of feral goats are wreaking havoc in and around the Chase Ridge Apartments in Riverdale, GA. The goats have not only been wandering the neighborhood for the past couple of months, but one actually broke into an apartment, according to a video from CNN.
(ed. note: It’s humorous that one of the residents interviewed in the video refuses to even approach the goats and that Clayton County Animal Control has as yet been unable to catch them. They’re goats, folks, not bears. Perhaps they should hire a couple of goat farmers to handle it for them. – NJ)
Funny. I can think of many ways to catch them. First, get a bucket of grain. Or, get some herding dogs. Or put some grain inside a small section of fencing – cattle panels. Done! At least they look healthy, browsers that they are.
They certainly are some good looking goats. Doesn’t seem like rocket science to me, but then I’ve had to catch my share of goats that didn’t want to be caught.
We took in these goats as a foster family. Unfortunatly, the male goat died f unknown causes a couple days after we got them.
We are now “foster failures” because we are keeping the doe. We named her “Pony,” as in it’s the only pony my daughter will get!
Pony does like to be inside. We did invite her in on a limited bases on a stormy night, she was fine until we asked her to leave. My daughter tells the story on her webcam site: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pony-the-goat. She’s making a website and will update with the address later.
Pony is still pregnant. We don’t know how far along she is so we’re just waiting. She’s a great goat – not “wild” or even feral. We can pet and brush her and she stays by our back door trying to get inside with us (not going to make that mistake again). She’s happy and well fed and cared for.