Billy Bob, the pygmy goat we’re sponsoring, getting a pet from an admirer. We weren’t able to spend much time with him, first, because he was engrossed in a huge pile of alfalfa after we finally managed to locate him, and second, because he really wanted to get out of the enclosure where he was being kept due to the fundraising event. He’s used to roaming the sanctuary grounds at will, including hanging out near the parking lot where he can convince visitors to pet him.

Billy Bob is a survivor of neglect and a high-speed crash in Pennsylvania. Two men had purchased 31 sheep and goats for slaughter and left them in a crowded livestock trailer in a residential neighborhood on a very hot day last summer. When the animals began crying loudly, residents called police, who engaged in a 34-mile high speed chase to catch the men and their live cargo, ending with the truck crashing into a tree and killing most of the animals. The survivors were taken to the Pennsylvania SPCA, where they spent three months recovering, and in September, when they were well enough to travel, were brought to the sanctuary for their forever home.

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Those eyes, posted earlier: