MILWAUKEE JOURNAL

JUNEAU, WISCONSIN

Wisconsin authorities in two counties are looking for about 120 goats that have gone missing from two farms in recent weeks.

Deputies say it's unlikely that so many goats wandered off on their own. The goats are worth an estimated $32,000, so authorities say they're treating the cases seriously.

Eighteen-year-old Kiersten Zimmerman says she woke up last month to find a few hundred of her family's goats out of their Dodge County pen. She rounded them up, but noticed about 40 were missing.

Then in Green Lake County last week, another farmer said about 80 goats were gone.

Dodge County Sheriff Todd Nehls says it's more typical that a single goat is stolen, maybe for a religious ritual. He says his department has never dealt with something of this magnitude.

Comments (4)

ID2422: ... Didn't I hear a while ago that Milwaukee has a large Iraqi immigrant population? God knows I've eaten a few goats with Iraqis, Afghans, and Saudis. Look at them or a vet like me who found them to be tasty! 1 August 05, 2009 Okpolizei: ... 2 August 05, 2009 Strat54: ... A little goat's head soup! Wait, that was a Rolling Stones Album. 3 August 06, 2009 88pdx: 3 X 40 = 120 I'd be looking really hard at the Clinton family, after that marriage offer for Chelsea... 4 August 08, 2009

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