Move out of the way, goats coming through. Nearly 200 goats were brought to a Texas park to clear away unwanted plants but ended up escaping from their fenced enclosure.
The Arlington Police Department said the city employed the nearly 200 goats to clear plants like poison ivy and poison oak from the Crystal Canyon Natural Area but they somehow managed to get out of their fenced enclosure.
“It looks like they may have gotten out of the fence, or the fence fell, we don’t know exactly what happened, but they got out,” Arlington Police Sergeant Alex Rosado said.
Multiple calls were reported from local residents who had spotted a large number of goats wandering through their yards. The Arlington Police Department posted body camera footage of the incident on Facebook, which showed officers helping animal wranglers round up the herd and return them to the natural area.
“I can’t promise plants weren’t eaten that weren’t supposed to be eaten but no goats were injured,” Michael Debrecht, the city’s assistant director of Parks and Recreation, said.