Two goats were seen running on the subway tracks in Brooklyn Monday morning. Rana Novini reports.
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The MTA says two goats were spotted roaming on the above-ground N tracks near Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Monday
It's not clear how they got there or where they came from; the MTA had to reroute southbound N trains so cops could safely corral them
It's the third recent incident in a nationwide goat-on-the-lam trend following the 100+ goats on the loose in Idaho and an escape in NJ
Goats have to commute, too.
Two goats were spotted roaming on the above-ground N tracks near Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Monday morning, and after about an hour, the MTA said it had to reroute trains on the line so cops could safely catch them.
The MTA says it called NYPD and Animal Control about the goats, who were on the tracks between the Fort Hamilton and New Utrecht stations, before 11 a.m. By 12:30 p.m., the goats were still on the tracks. They were surrounded.
Transit officials tweeted a picture of the black and white goats, captioning it, "Two very baaaaaad boys." N trains were running on the D line in both directions from 36 Street to Coney Island as crews worked to corral them.
Reporter Joe Parris tweeted these photos Friday morning of what he said was about 100 goats running rampant in Boise, Idaho. Parris said the goats were " going house to house eating everything in sight."
Goats of all shapes, sizes and colors were seen on the tour of the neighborhood. In some photos, residents were seen looking confused as the goats mobbed their front yards. Neighbors reported hearing the herd making their way into the area on Summerwind Drive off of Five Mile Road at around 7 a.m. and commenced their unstoppable eating of lawns, leaves, and shrubs.
At about 8:30 a.m., a large truck from the company We Rent Goats arrived and rounded up the goats. KTVB reported that the goats had been grazing nearby when they somehow escaped and set off on a snacking tour of the neighborhood.
Joe Parris
Posted on Twitter with the #breaking, Parris added that nobody had a clue where the goats came from. The goats managed to be collected into the truck and taken away, thus concluding an exciting Friday morning.
They were tranquilized a short time later and have been taken to the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York, with the help of comedian Jon Stewart, who has a history of bringing rescued animals to that farm.
Comedian Jon Stewart picked up the two goats found roaming along subway tracks in Brooklyn Monday morning from the Animal Care & Control of Brooklyn, and transported them to the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, N.Y.
It's not clear how the goats got on the tracks, nor where they came from, but it is the third recent incident in a nationwide goat-on-the-lam trend.
Hackettstown PD
Police discovered the escape just after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. An unsecured gate appeared to have been pushed open, allowing the sheep (like this one) to go wandering around town, including near the train tracks.
Hackettstown PD
More than 75 goats and sheep managed to get out from the livestock auction facility, the police said.
Hackettstown PD
Police and good samaritans herded 50 to 60 of the animals back into the pen. The rest of the goats and sheep are believed to be on the lam.
It was the second time in less than a week that authorities had to deal with a mass goat escape. Some 118 of the animals got loose in Boise, Idaho, last Friday and went on a snack rampage.
Goats of all shapes, sizes and colors were seen on the tour of the neighborhood. In some photos, residents were seen looking confused as the goats mobbed their front yards.
In the Boise case, a large truck from the company We Rent Goats arrived and rounded up the goats. KTVB reported that the goats had been grazing nearby when they somehow escaped and set off on a snacking tour of the neighborhood.
