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Old 08/26/10, 05:17 PM
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Goat attack
This was posted up in the Homesteading Questions forum
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Let's be careful with those goats!!

No...it wasn't Gretta!!
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Old 08/26/10, 07:56 PM
 
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I almost wonder if there isn't more to the story.

It's sad that gentleman was attacked, but sad also that buck has probably sired many offspring to continue the aggressive lines.

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Old 08/26/10, 10:38 PM
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I'm glad it wasn't Gretta!

Years ago I took my doe to be bred at Apple Valley Nubians a goat farm in the area at the time and she had a buck that got out and she was hostage in her house. He wanted to kill her. She had no alternative but to shoot him. Some bucks can be super dangerous.
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I had a fb Kiko buck I took to the sale because he hated me. He was a sweet heart till he turned 2. No point in keeping a mean buck when there are so many nice ones out there.
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Old 08/27/10, 10:29 AM
 
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That's so tragic. Billys can get nasty as they age, and this was a stranger to him. It's too bad.
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Old 08/27/10, 10:37 AM
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Yikes! I was visiting a horse ranch the other day that had a goat. Well seems the goat bucked the dog and took off a lot of skin, almost down to the skull. Vet cleaned him up but I think they were going to eat the goat that night. :P
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Old 08/27/10, 04:20 PM
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That's too bad that poor old man was hurt so bad. If that were my goat he'd be dead. I don't know why folks keep a buck when they are that aggressive, stranger or not he is probly somewhat the same with his owner too.
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Old 08/27/10, 06:41 PM
 
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Yikes! Chris, I'm sure when you say you took him to the sale you meant he was sold for meat... But it's frightening how many people will sell a mean animal to someone to "get rid of a problem." They don't think about the damage it could do in an unsuspecting home. Or, even worse, they just don't care - out of sight out of mind?

Any mean goat (or chicken or turkey) won't make it to sundown round here. We like our home raised meat. I have been very lucky to never have a mean goat or turkey though. Roosters are another story - my kids always say they may be BAD roosters but they sure do taste GOOD!
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Old 08/30/10, 02:16 PM
 
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The man has died
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24814248/detail.html
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Old 08/30/10, 02:31 PM
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I had a buck turn on me once. I shot him, then and there. Don't put up with mean.
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Old 08/30/10, 02:55 PM
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That is sad. What an awful way to go
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Old 08/30/10, 03:25 PM
 
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That is just terrible. What a horrible thing to have happened.
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Old 08/31/10, 01:24 AM
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That's a bummer.
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