Tuesday 20 April 2010

Rampaging Goat Puts Two OAPs In Hospital

From Sky News:

The incident happened in Melbourne when a 64-year-old gardener tried to shoo the animal away from a bucket of weeds.

Police Constable Dianna Davidson said the goat, Billy, then "took exception" to the shooing and charged the man. When another resident moved in to help, he was flung onto his back and repeatedly butted by Billy. The "marauding" goat was then wrestled off the 69-year-old by police and detained until his owner arrived to take him home.

Both of the men suffered head injuries and were treated for suspected spinal injuries. They are in a stable condition in hospital. The wife of Billy's owner was the third person to be injured. She hurt her ankle while running for help.

Paramedic David Kervin said the injuries could have been more serious given that Billy had 6in (15cm) horns and weighed around 190lbs (86kg). "It was quite chaotic when we first got here. Luckily the police had subdued the goat quickly so we could get to the patients to assess them and help them," he said.

The attack may have been due to the goat trying to protect its territory.


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4 comments:

Witterings from Witney said...

So we are not the only ones living in a Nanny state then?

Thanks for the diversion from all this Cleggophobia we are having to suffer at the moment!

JuliaM said...

And people are getting upset about swans?

At least they mostly stay near water...

Chuckles said...

Ah yes, our tough outback Aussies, up for anything.

JuliaM, that is a startling story. Sort of Leda and the Swan meets the nanny state.
Clearly, something should be done, I'm not surprised Mr. Key is scared to put his cox in the water.

James Higham said...

That's great stuff, Mark - back to the animal updates - your speciality.