Escaped goat captured by police utilizing riot shields | EUROtoday

An escaped goat which went on a rampage in a Wiltshire village was safely captured by police with riot shields.

Officers in Upper Seagry, close to Chippenham weren’t kidding round after they lassoed the goat to around the animal up earlier than it was safely returned to its proprietor.

The goat was inflicting mischief on Thursday by attempting to eat oranges from a Christmas wreath and was seen chasing a girl across the village, an eyewitness instructed the BBC.

A video taken by Wiltshire Police exhibits the mammal making an attempt to munch on security tools within the boot of the officer’s automobile.

“Where does the goat live, apparently it’s not very nice,” one officer will be heard saying on body-worn digicam footage.

“It is actually quite aggressive,” the officer added whereas the goat head butted the riot defend and one other officer tried to lasso the goat.

“We’ve got it on a towline, we’ve got some PSU shields because he is trying to butt my head,” the officer stated earlier than remarking how massive the animal was.

The goat briefly slipped out of the lasso and ran down the street earlier than police recaptured the animal.

A Wiltshire police spokesperson stated: “PC Ferris and PC Miller, from Chippenham Response, swiftly responded, controlled the situation and returned the goat to his owner.”