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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Daisys Mum on November 20, 2013, 02:26:51 pm

Title: Dumped goats
Post by: Daisys Mum on November 20, 2013, 02:26:51 pm
Have just had a routine visit from Animal Welfare and he was telling me about being called out to a herd of 30 goats that had been dumped on a country road, most were untagged but those that had been had there tags cut out. These were in the Scottish Borders and and now at a farm park at Jedburgh so if you know of anyone who has lost 30 goats?
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: happygolucky on November 20, 2013, 02:37:16 pm
 ::) :o :o :o , LOST? I wonder if they were stolen then dumped.......whatever next?
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: Bramblecot on November 20, 2013, 05:30:23 pm
I would put money that some idiot thought they were sheep ::) , and they don't have a market for goat meat >:(
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: Anke on November 20, 2013, 06:52:28 pm
Might be worthwhile to contact both the BGS and Boer Goat society.... 30 is quite a large number. But if someone had time to cut out the tags they would have had to "stop over" somewhere... could have come from anywhere in the country. I don't know of anyone near here who has (had  :( ) 30 goats...
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: sokel on November 20, 2013, 07:58:22 pm
I know of a couple of places where there is quite large herds of feral goats and some of the older ones do have/had tags in
We have 34 goats of various ages from 2013 kids upwards but they are all present and correct  ::)
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: jaykay on November 20, 2013, 07:59:57 pm
That was my first instinct, in the Goat section, same topic  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: sokel on November 20, 2013, 08:05:30 pm
That was my first instinct, in the Goat section, same topic  :thumbsup:
Just realised there is 2 topics going  ::) Its been a long day  ::)
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: jaykay on November 20, 2013, 08:19:50 pm
It has - can't manage to keep up with two conversations in different places about the same thing either  :surrender:
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: Daisys Mum on November 20, 2013, 08:40:16 pm
Sorry it is a bit confusing I had posted on here and then  thought oh no should be in the goat section,been babysitting all day brain gone to mush! :-\
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: jaykay on November 20, 2013, 08:47:44 pm
Don't worry, clearly Sokel's and my brain have joined yours  :D
Title: Re: Dumped goats
Post by: sokel on November 20, 2013, 09:13:11 pm
My brain isn't even mush today. I have been frozen since 6am this morning and I can't get warm