Runaway goat captured in Las Vegas adopted
A goat caught running around near downtown Las Vegas on Saturday was adopted Thursday, the Animal Foundation announced.
Buzi, a 1-year-old goat who picked up by Las Vegas police and animal control near West Charleston Boulevard and Rancho Drive, is 80 pounds with a healthy coat of brown and black fur and a wide set of horns. The Animal Foundation said that although he has a minor respiratory infection, goats his age respond well to treatment.
“He’s being treated here at the shelter but he will need followup care once he’s adopted,” foundation spokeswoman Kelsey Pizzi wrote to the Review-Journal on Thursday.
Just before the foundation closed Thursday night, Buzi was adopted.
Las Vegas police and animal control initially identified Buzi as a ram after he was contained to a backyard on Ashby Avenue following a chase Saturday night that lasted over an hour.
No owner had come forward by Thursday, Pizzi said, and though you can microchip a goat, Buzi was not chipped.
Buzi was one of many animals to visit the foundation’s farm area, known for chickens and exotic animals. Pizzi estimated 15 percent of animals adopted from the foundation are exotic.
Pizzi said a white peacock arrived at the foundation Thursday. Prince, a shy male peacock, is up for adoption as well.
The ideal owner for a goat, Pizzi said before Buzi was adopted, is someone with experience, a large space and secure fencing.
“Goats are curious and they love to climb,” she wrote. “They are escape artists.”
Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0278. Follow @sabrina_schnur on Twitter.
