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In 2020, abandoned goats took up residence in a village in the Oise. Today, they constitute a real herd. Faced with the concern of certain residents, the mayor is looking for a reception solution.
Four years ago, goats, goats and kids took up residence near Rainvilliers (Oise), attracted by the green channel leading to the village. The 900 inhabitants of this commune south of Beauvais first looked at them with tenderness, as the story goes. Oise News.
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Obviously, these animals were domestic in nature. Were they abandoned or escaped from a meadow? The mayor of the town, who was responsible for deciding their fate, saw fit to let them live in peace, as they did not venture into the streets of the village, remained in a well-defined area and did not were not dangerous, or even “rather slippery”.
“Every month, we see little kids being born”
As the years passed, their herd grew. “Every month, we see little kids being born,” reports a resident. While some residents rejoice, bringing them bread or leading their children to the herd to point at them, others are worried, like this passerby interviewed by Oise News : “Some of my friends no longer dare to take their little dog out for fear that the goats will attack them,” she points out. Their mayor of the town is now working to find a non-lethal resolution to the problem. The elected official is therefore studying a reception solution with the local SPA without excluding the hope that residents will come to the aid of their four-legged neighbors: “Let people take them into their homes, no problem!”, pleads he said in the columns of Actu Oise. Word to the wise…
