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09-11-2014, 11:10 AM
A member of a Facebook group I follow posted this photo that he took (date unknown) of some goats that he encountered while on a hunting trip in a remote wilderness area here in Washington state.
He said that the goats didn't seem particularly afraid of him and let him approach quite close (less than 10 yards) before moving off. He said they didn't have collars or other signs of human ownership, but were clearly not overly afraid of humans (as would be expected if they were truly feral goats).
My first thought was that someone's pack goats had wandered away from camp. I can't think of any explanation for why large, healthy, and tame (or semi-tame) goats would be so far up in the mountains.
Ken
He said that the goats didn't seem particularly afraid of him and let him approach quite close (less than 10 yards) before moving off. He said they didn't have collars or other signs of human ownership, but were clearly not overly afraid of humans (as would be expected if they were truly feral goats).
My first thought was that someone's pack goats had wandered away from camp. I can't think of any explanation for why large, healthy, and tame (or semi-tame) goats would be so far up in the mountains.
Ken