Great Animal Story of the Day: Goats Rescued From 60-Foot Tall Perch

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/goats-rescued-from-60-foot-tall-perch/

Two young goats were rescued Wednesday after spending nearly two days stranded 60-feet in the air on a narrow 6-inch ledge of an old railroad bridge in Montana. A piece of mining equipment brought them to safety.

The Rimrock Humane Society in Roundup, Montana received a call Wednesday morning from a person who reported seeing two goats stuck on the train bridge. The two female goats had been there for nearly two days.

DeMichiei brought a piece of mining equipment to the bridge, with an arm high enough to reach the goats.

The goats were hungry, but in good condition. They were taken to Freeman’s animal sanctuary.

Video of rescue at link.

[johnroshan]

1. Well...

The irony is that the goats might have been safer up there away from the reach of humans. They'll probably end up as mutton chops in some restaurant soon. Our notion of rescue is strangely skewed.

John.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. "They were taken to Freeman’s animal sanctuary"

Did you not read that part?

[johnroshan]

14. I did.

but, the sanctuary is looking for the goat's owners, who might be a butcher, a chef or a voracious carnivore like me.

Anyways, I was going for the most probable case. Goats aren't particularly famous as pets. They are usually raised for milk or meat.

[SPedigrees]

6. They'd have to change species to end up as mutton.

Quite a feat for a young goat.

[johnroshan]

13. Actually goat and lamb meat are both called mutton in South Asia. nt

[Enrique]

2. a long two days for those goats

now let's go get those miners in Chile. :thumbsup:

[slackmaster]

3. Oh, that kind of perch

I thought this was going to be a fish story.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0o2-S1p2MUo/Sm-W8f6DF4I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/AY9c56xVr7I/s400/NILE+PERCH.jpg

[sinkingfeeling]

5. But would a perch eat a goat?

[anarch]

8. I'd say a 60 foot perch would probably eat whatever the hell it wants to eat

[lillypaddle]

12. Only if it's in mutton chop form.

:)

[Davis_X_Machina]

7. That's not close to 60' long...

....and that was the first thing I thought of, too.

[dipsydoodle]

9. Wassat ?

Nile Perch or Mahasheer ?

[slackmaster]

10. Nile perch

:hi:

[dipsydoodle]

15. Is that you holding it ?

Reminds me a local guy named Luke who fishes for cat fish. I've seen a picture of him standing in a Spanish river with one over 140lbs in his arms. :)

:hi:

[slackmaster]

16. No, it's just a pic I found on Google by searching for "giant perch fish"

:hi:

[Uncle Joe]

11. Good for the goats.

Thanks for the thread, sinkingfeeling.