A herd of working goats walked off the job Friday in San Francisco, blocking traffic and nearly making its way to Ghirardelli Square, about half a mile from where the goats started.
A 2-month-old female puppy is recovering from injuries apparently suffered after being thrown while inside a crate.“They are not goat herders by trade, but they sort of ran around behind them and started clapping, and they were able to herd them about three blocks to where the park was,” Barak Aperton said.
An employee with City Grazing, the company that owns the goats, lured them back to safety using a bale of hay. Barak Aperton said it was unclear how the goats escaped their enclosure but noted that, before the escape, a man had been seen looking “like he wanted to go frolic with the goats.” Later, the fencing was found damaged, but Barak Aperton was unsure if it had been tampered with or if it had come apart.All of the goats were returned safely and without incident — except for a resident who complained that the goats had defecated in their yard, Barak Aperton said.