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Friday, March 7, 2008
No kidding, goats busted in Winfield
By ROY GRABER
Courier Editor
City animal control officer Philip Lynch has impounded a pair of animals he would really like someone to come claim.
And he's not kidding.
Two goats are currently impounded at the animal shelter near the city's operation center on East Ninth Street.
On Wednesday morning, Lynch got a call from the staff at the city water treatment plant north of town, saying two goats were grazing there.
"They were concerned the goats would get into the road and get injured," said Lynch.
After several people in the area were contacted, and nobody claimed the goats or knew to whom they belonged, Lynch impounded the animals.
The city animal shelter, where the goats are now, is seldom used for anything but a place to keep animals before taking them to the Cowley County Humane Society's shelter south of town. The Humane Society is not equipped for handling animals such as goats, Lynch said, so they are at the facility on Ninth. Lynch said he went to the local farmers' cooperative and got a bag of feed for them.
"They're neat animals, but we don't generally take care of livestock, and I don't know that much about them," Lynch said. "We'd like to get them home."
Anyone who thinks the goats may belong to them is encouraged to call the Winfield Police Department at 221-5555.
If an owner does not come forward, Lynch said he isn't sure what the proper protocol would be.
He has had an offer for someone to take them off the city's hands, but Lynch said since this was such an unusual occurrence, he wasn't sure what the statutes were, or even if the statutes were up-to-date enough to be enforceable.
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