Goat rescued after being stuck under bridge near Kansas City Zoo

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A goat was rescued after getting stuck under a bridge Monday afternoon near the Kansas City Zoo.

The goat was located on a pillar under the bridge at E. 63rd Street and Lewis Road.

A video was sent to FOX4 from a man who was watching the eclipse and stumbled upon the goat.

Firefighters were called Monday after people spotted the animal hopping around on the pillars that support the bridge, high above the ground below, The Kansas City Star reports.

FOX4 reached out to the Kansas City Zoo who says all goats who reside at the zoo are accounted for and it was not missing any animals.

Hoping to lower it down to waiting rescuers, a bystander managed to get a rope around the goat’s neck, said Tori Fugate, of the KC Pet Project, a nonprofit that handles animal control for the city and operates shelters.

But Fugate said the goat wound up hanging from its neck, not moving, leaving rescuers worried it had died.

“I don’t know why they were trying to even do the slip lead in the first place,” Fugate said. “I think they were thinking maybe ‘if I slip lead them then I can pull him up,’ but that’s not at all like how usually they would handle a situation like that.”

When the goat began to buck, rescuers cut the rope, and a veterinarian sedated it so it could be taken to a shelter for care. KC Pet Project said its animal services team and the Kansas City Fire Department worked together to rescue the goat.

The goat had been adopted recently and had escaped in the nearby area. After receiving an X-ray, it appears the goat suffered no broken bones, she said.

KC Pet Project told FOX4 the goat doesn’t have any broken bones and is now at the shelter and appears to be stable. KC Pet Project said they are optimistic that he’ll recover and are giving him fluids and have set him up to rest overnight.

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