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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

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Poor Goat :(

[noachoc.livejournal.com]

That's a very attractive goat.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

We really, really wanted to take it home with us :-(

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

poor little sad goat

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I think so too.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Such a sad little voice!

[paulie123.livejournal.com]

I dearly love goats. We had five or six at one time. If I sat in the field where they were grazing, Precious, my particular favourite would sit in my lap and ask for cuddles. And the milk! Delicious.

[coldhighmountai.livejournal.com]

It doesn't look like the goat has shelter from the elements.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Five or six! Wonderful. You must have had a fair amount of space.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I wish I could do something--I wish I could do something positive and effective. I don't want to be just a nosy busybody, but I do want the poor thing to be warm and happy. I dunno--maybe the people who own it take it in for the night? But where it is, right now, is behind a defunct business. I didn't think anyone lived there. But maybe they do: there's that huge woodpile, so maybe they're staying in the building as a house--even though it used to be a business.

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

What a depressing place, poor little goat! It doesn't seem quite right to keep an animal in that way...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the disorder so much, but I would like to see the goat have more space to move around, and shelter.

[grayheyes.livejournal.com]

where was this?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Behind that closed fish shop next to the dentist on the common. Or, to put it another way, kitty-corner from the school offices (so right near you guys). We were going to the school offices when we saw it.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Poor little fella. He's begging for rescue!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I know -_-

[writeonq.livejournal.com]

Are there any kind of animal laws (and people to enforce them) where you live? I'm not usually one to butt my nose in, but that goat's situation seems a lot less than ideal. (And he is such a gorgeous creature!)

[desert-sparrow.livejournal.com]

Very sad. He does seem to be asking for help.

[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.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I know... I don't want to just leave him to suffer (assuming he's suffering--it may possibly not be as bad as it seems, but then again, it may be every bit as bad as it seems) if there's something I can do for him. I'll look into it.

[rivertumbled.livejournal.com]

i want that goat!
i do agree that you should call and report it. maybe he/she is just fine, but if he/she ISN'T...

poo. i really want that goat!!!

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

Poor little goat. What a pathetic little bleat!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I do too, but am not allowed, where I live :-(

I will look into making sure it's being treated humanely--or getting it someplace where it will be.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Like a kitten!

[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.