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Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Independent
Goat on the lam in Petrolia makes social media splash
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The Independent Staff
“Being from a farming community, I didn’t really think it was so unusual; we do see deer in the country,” Bowen says.
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There was a rather unusual shopper in Petrolia during the annual yard sale.
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Shanan Bowen and
her daughter, Kate, were heading home after helping the Lambton Young Theatre Players with a yard sale on Howlett Lane when they noticed something standing in the middle of Petrolia Line.
“I was thrown by the fact it was in the middle of the road and it seemed funny.”
“There was a goat in the middle of the road between Home Hardware and Coffee Lodge,” she tells The Independent.
been her goat.
“We brought him home
– she’s heard the animal has been spotted in Petrolia before by school children.
“It was just standing there in the middle of the road looking at the traf c.”
Bowen isn’t sure what happened to the goat. “There were people trying to catch him but he was that tricky – he is a wily guy.”
being told that he wouldn’t jump our fence and he did,” wrote the Watford woman.
Shortly after the sighting, the Town of Petrolia posted its animal control bylaw
on Facebook saying some animals are categorized
as livestock and are not permitted in some areas.
a u t o c a r e
The goat made its way to the plaza, peaked into the physiotherapy of ce, walked past M&M’s and head butted the windows at Coffee Lodge and then jumped into its patio area.
Bowen did learn a little bit about its history after posting the photos online.
“So, we built a fence that was eight-feet tall and he then again jumped it.
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Cool Deals
Thousands of yard salers were in Petrolia Friday and Saturday searching for deals in the cool weather. Rreanna Fitzsimmons and Nicole Maerz had
a lemonade stand up and running Saturday, but they discovered hot chocolate was selling be er. The two Point Edward girls set up shop at grandma’s house in Petrolia. Rob Hart and Steven Hart get ready to move a freezer. Lorraine Barr and her mom Susan Muxlow look over some an ques at the Lambton Youth Choir yard sale.
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Bowen got out her phone and took some photos.
They aren’t as good as she would like but she didn’t want to get too close. “I was worried someone was going to be head butted because they’re pretty destructive critters.”
Shanan Bowen took this shot of a goat on the lam in down-
A woman from Watford was one of the people who saw the pictures on Facebook and wrote it had
How the goat made it
to Petrolia is unclear but Bowen says since posting the photos – which have been shared over 200 times
“Please be sure that before welcoming any domestic, exotic or livestock into your home, that you are familiar with these regulations.”
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town Petrolia Saturday.
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We found a new home for him in Forest.”
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