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[asakiyume]

While the ninja girl and I were on an errand yesterday, this goat climbed up onto something in the center of its little prison and called to us with sad-sounding mews. We wished we could take it home with us.

In front of it, empty soda bottles lie collapsed around a traffic cone, on top of which are two inverted plastic cups.



Over on a ways is a discarded Christmas tree, a chair, and baby stroller, and other stuff.



It is one of B-town's more Winter Bone-like corners.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

The thing is, without going onto the property, it's really hard to tell exactly what its situation is (for example, in the video, it doesn't look like it has shelter, but it may have a little lean-to in there. And for all I know, that's just a daytime situation (the way some people leave their dogs out in the daytime), and someone comes and takes the goat into some bigger or better shelter for the night.

But on the other hand, maybe it's every bit as bad as it seems.

I know we have a dog warden in town, but I don't know if we have an animal control person. I'll see if I can find out.

[writeonq.livejournal.com]

It really *is* difficult to tell what kind of situation Mr. Goat is in. I didn't mean to sound all alarmist-y, nor to imply that it's your responsibility to do something. If you do have the inclination to make a call or two, the ASPCA might be able to help. In some areas they deal with more than just cats or dogs.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thanks--that's a good suggestion.