Somebody got your goat?
Check Hobart Shelter
Post-Tribune (IN)
November 23, 1989
There was an extra mouth to feed in Jean Rakoczy's horse pasture Monday night.
"He was out there with the horses," said Rakoczy. "All of a sudden it came loping across the door."
"It" was a black female goat with a white spot on its head. A dog collar surrounded its neck and a rope hung from the collar. Rakoczy described the goat as scared and skittish.
"It took 45 minutes for my husband and I to catch it," said Rakoczy. ''We put it in a stall for the night. She was definitely one scared little animal. I don't know what she went through but she wouldn't come to us."
Rakoczy, who was aided by husband John, felt they should corral the goat so it wouldn't injure itself dragging the rope through the woods.
The Rakoczys were able to coax the goat into a stall with oats.
The goat's adventures continued on Tuesday when Rakoczy loaded it into her Chevy Suburban along with her three elementary-age children.
"She didn't do too badly in the Suburban," Rakoczy said. "The problem was getting her into it."
First stop was St. Bridget's Catholic School in Hobart where many of the students got a glimpse of the goat.
Next, the goat was dropped off at the Humane Society of Hobart on Indiana 130. It was still there Wednesday afternoon.
"This is the first goat we've had in my five years here," said shelter employee Brenda Soabik. "We've been feeding it rabbit food, apples and carrots."
Soabik said if it's not claimed, the goat would be available for adoption on Sunday.
