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A Victorian primary school is searching for two baby black goats that have gone missing during the holidays.
Two miniature kid goats have gone missing from a primary school during the school holidays. Staff at St Francis of Assisi Primary School have ruled out an escape and suspect the goats have been stolen.
Teachers at a north-east Victorian primary school are appealing for help to find two missing classmates — miniature kid goats suspected stolen during the holidays. The goats, lovingly named Blackberry and Thorn by students at St Francis of Assisi Primary School, disappeared from their paddock at the Baranduda school sometime between Sunday and Monday afternoon. ) Cattle and goat club teacher Suzie Patrala said the goats were just four months old, and the students had been bottle-feeding them twice daily.
"Our out-of-school-care program has been going down every day to feed them and to play with them, and they discovered two were missing. "Blackberry has gone missing from the primary school. "We have assumed and hoped they had escaped, but no, they have their own pen within a locked paddock," she said. "And obviously we've done a very big search around the local area.
"The school also has two guard alpacas named Bruce and Terry, which have previously killed foxes, ruling out predation. , giving students the opportunity to participate in local agriculture shows. The school started a goat club so younger students could learn how to care for smaller animals. Ms Patrala said the students and families were upset to hear the news, and urged anyone with information to come forward.
"If someone does have our goats, please care for them because we care for them a lot," Ms Patrala said. "If you could bring them back to our school, back to our little community, that would be very, very, very much appreciated. " Ms Patrala described Blackberry as completely black and Thorn as black with long grey ears and some grey through the coat.
Victoria Police have been informed of the incident and the school urged anyone with information to come forward. Stories from farms and country towns across Australia, delivered each Friday.
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