Overview
- Officers identified as PC Ferris and PC Miller from Chippenham Response captured the animal and returned it to its owner.
- The goat was reported in Upper Seagry near Chippenham after trying to eat oranges from a Christmas wreath and chasing a woman.
- Body-worn audio recorded an officer saying the goat was on a tow line and that riot shields were used because it tried to butt her head.
- While with police, the animal attempted to chew safety gear from a vehicle and briefly slipped the lasso before being secured again.
- Coverage also referenced debates over wild-goat culls in the Scottish Borders and highlighted University of Aberystwyth research on goats’ cognitive abilities.