MARION COUNTY, Fla. — Marion County deputies received a call for a goat that escaped its enclosure on April 26.
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When deputies Victoria Hammons and Federico Peguero arrived at the scene that morning, the goat felt “baaa-d,” the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
The goat, named “Billy the Kid,” tried to avoid them.
In a hoof pursuit, Deputy Hammons corralled the goat and returned it to its pen.
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Nearby residents said a larger female goat was also trapped in the chain-link fencing of a pen.
Deputy Hammons untangled the goat, who had recently given birth.
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