Quick-thinking kayaker helps corral free-swimming goat
A Belfast goat balked at going to the vet, went on the lam and swam with the fishes.
By Fran GonzalezRepublican Journal
BELFAST It turns out, you can use a kayak to herd a goat.
Jerri Holmes was in her kitchen making chili this week when she noticed three police officers outside her home on Battery Road.
“They were following the escaped goat,” Holmes said of the four-legged fugitive that had gotten away from its owner in the parking lot of an animal hospital, crossed Route 1 and made its way along the beach before going into the ocean Tuesday.
Maine kayaker rescues escaped goat that swam into the ocean
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Dec. 30 (UPI) A Maine kayaker ventured into the ocean to rescue a goat that escaped from the parking lot of a veterinary hospital and swam into the water.
Belfast police said the 4-year-old goat escaped from its owner Tuesday in the parking lot of the Belfast Veterinary Hospital and ran through a retirement community before making its way to the beach.
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Steve Bowler, the marketing director for Penobscot Shores retirement community, said residents were delighted by the unexpected visitor. I think he was just free and happy, Bowler told the Bangor Daily News. He went around, and I think he saw most everybody. The residents had a good time.