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GALT, Calif. (CBS13) — The California Highway Patrol is still investigating how a herd of goats found their way onto Interstate 5 Saturday night, triggering car accidents and leaving dozens of animals dead.

Some surprised drivers were unable to avoid the nearly 200 goats that walked onto the southbound lanes of traffic near the Twin Cities Road off-ramp, causing several accidents and inflicting non-life threatening injuries to one driver.

As many as 30 to 40 goats were killed, and officers were forced to euthanize some of the severely wounded animals who were still alive. Most of the surviving goats have already been returned to their owner.

The CHP said it appears the animals wandered away from property about 3 miles west of Interstate 5 and may have spent most of Saturday walking around until they reached the road.

“They traveled along the riverbed to get to the freeway and once they got there, [they] were able to make their way on the freeway,” said CHP spokesman Alex Manciu.

A faulty fence may have given the animals access to the interstate.

Manciu said the goats’ owner has been questioned as part of the investigation, but it doesn’t immediately appear that negligence played a role in the incident.

“We’re not looking to file any criminal charges, but it is under investigation and it could change at any minute,” he said.

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  • Coco

    I hope they used the meat. that’s good eatin’!

  • Buddy

    This shows the lack of common sense among Californians. The same goofs that give us Barbara Boxer and Nancy Pelosi don’t have the brains to avoid hitting a herd of 100 pound animals.

  • HerpaDerp

    Ban goats!!! We have to do it for the children.

  • carrie

    Kalifornians are that socially backwards they probably have never seen a goat or anything like it.

  • art

    Are thses the special ops goats used in the war?

  • Tempus Fugit

    Methinks the goats were looking for their muslim lovers.

  • weasel53

    Global Warming?

  • sean patriot

    The Mexicans did it

  • Carlos

    Animals tend to be sensitive and able to react to things we humans can’t see or hear. Could these goats have been fleeing some perceived danger – perhaps an impending quake?

  • Archy Cary

    It’s Bush’s fault

  • woofie

    I guess it was a baaaaadddddd day to be on the I-5

  • Iowa Jim

    Tempus Fugit: Your post made me laugh out loud!

  • Marty

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  • manbearpig

    Are they sure it was goats? There are a lot of democrat legislatures on the lam to avoid their constitutional duty.

  • Yup

    Hahahahaha! I’m surprised that this didn’t make it in the article!

  • Jag

    RIGHT ON! Buddy

  • Jill Prest Hart

    well it is obvious that they are ‘scape goats.

  • Count Yob

    Who Let the Goats Out? – Baa, Baa Baa, Baa Baa

  • Incitatus

    Time to enact goat control laws.

  • Billy Gruff

    Initial statements taken by the CHP indicate that a large individual was intimidating the goats at another highway bridge. The suspect is Caucasian and speaks with a strong Norwegian accent.

  • Wayne

    What is Charlie Sheen going to do now?

  • Emily

    Man, I was there during that! Stuck in traffic for over2 hours after a long guard competition and then being horrified by seeing about 50 or more goats on the side of the road, dead! It was horrible, like a goat massacre!

  • Howard

    Perhaps they escaped from a Muslim brothel? Is that legal in Kalifornia?

  • george

    are these goats a muslims?

  • Incitatus

    “It’s Bush’s fault”

    Ehh!! Wrong. Fighting wars in the Middle East for Israel is.

    Along with our sycophantic Congress‘, lackeys of AIPAC and all our politicians, panting like happy dogs to their owners from The Clan.

    We give away between 7 and 10 billion annually to Israel alone for military aid and “soft loans” i.e. never to be paid back.

    Ron Paul is a bit liberal for my taste, but when he suggested we stop sending money to Israel and keep it at home he was called a “vicious anti-Semite”

  • Mason

    When goats are outlawed only outlaws will have goats.

  • Joe

    That’s a stupid comment. nothing wrong with goats. No goats in Ireland?

  • dikkydoo22

    Baa, humburg

  • AVM

    What do you mean by that remark? the owner of the goatherd was not Muslim. I saw him interviewed on TV.

  • Steve

    officers “euthanized” wounded goats! Give me a freakin break. They SHOT the poor critters, as they should have. They didn’t have time to get vets and spread clean sheets and start poison IVs. What a goofball, pansy world we’ve created

  • Duude

    The goats heard there was going to be an expansion of eligibility for food stamps. They were just making an attempt to be among the first in line.

  • Jeff

    Isn’t the death of this guys goats punishment enough? Why charge him. He’ll surely prevent this next time……..ridiculous.

  • old.frt

    http://www.jackmauldin.com/goat_recipes.htm

    Good, but braising is the way to go.

  • C Holland

    They lacked a good shepherd.

  • goathead

    You know, goats are great eating. The skin makes awesome gloves and other fine leather apparel.

    Heck, even the hooves can make great musical instruments.

    Just goes to show you what a wasteful system when people are used to getting their goods from a supermarket.

  • Phillep Harding

    AVM,are you stereotyping people by their appearence? Are you claiming you can just look at someone and see that they are Moslem?

    Quick, run down to Homeland Security! They need someone working for TSA who can spot the Moslems!

  • Doug

    Hey, why’d the goat cross the road?!

  • Rex James

    WOW. First Bush was blamed for everything and now Muslims? I guess someone who has goats couldn’t POSSIBLY be milking them for cheese or goat’s milk. Muslims are NOT he only people who eat goat meat either. Closed minded self centered pigs.

  • mike

    just trying to get out of California like everyone else

  • Val

    Why is there not a single comment about the condition of the human beings who were involved in accidents as a result of goats on the highway? Why do we hear only of what happened to a few goats?

  • Cheddar Lump

    If several million people can cross the border and be “invisible” in society in southern CA, why is it so difficult to imagine how 200 goats got loose and ended up on the freeway? :)

  • Clay

    Bar-B-Q goat for EVERYBODY!!!

  • Rubberman

    AFAIK all drivers are responsible to what happens to their vehicles, interstate highway or not. They should be the ones compensating the owner of the goats I think…

  • Flem

    Because the article said everybody in the cars was fine.

  • Dan

    Rita, that is one of the most closed minded statements I’ve heard in a while. I’m not Muslim and I love Lamb, its good eating. Also, it is a big part of Greek and Italian diet as well as many other parts of the world.

  • steve5150

    For some reason this article has made me very hungry.

  • STEVE5150

    Actually goat meat is excellent if prepared properly.
    Its a nice change from steak now and again.
    Come to think of it I,m getting kind of hungry.

  • Danbury

    We have a lot more people left than goats. And its illegal, so far, to BBQ people.

  • steve

    Baked shoulder is to die for if it’s done right!
    There is a little resteraunt in Manchester N.H that is fantastic.

  • rank

    Well, those reckless drivers really got his goats!

  • Gabriel

    Was the owner Mexican? Where I live in Oaxaca, if a driver runs over a farm animal on the road, the driver pays the farmer for the animal.

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  • BottomFisher

    This just really gets my goat

  • chiqueltiz

    People could have been killed by the reckless disregard of this owner of the goats. These creatures were gone for hours…so, where was he/she? If you own 200 goats, shouldn’t you have a clue where they are at any given time?

  • Bob Higgins

    See what happens when you stare at them long enough?

  • Ian

    Road kill stew!

  • Wm

    Love this hypocritical statement:

    “We’re not looking to file any criminal charges, BUT IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND IT COULD CHANGE AT ANY MINUTE,” he said.

  • ed357

    Did they catch all the ROP SHEPHERDS that were following the GOAT HERD with their pants around their ankles?

  • Albert Barlow

    Oh pleez.
    Fences break.
    You must be a state worker. Shall we now require gps tracking and dna registration for goats and goat owners?

  • Oregon Goatroper

    Anyone who has ever raised goats can attest to their cleverness in escaping their pens and the wanderlust that follows.

  • Smashicus

    I think they were being led by Obama and Pelosi.

  • TresCool

    when asked if he was hurt, one driver only said “not baaaaaad”

  • goatboy

    So much for a date for the weekend…..

  • S C

    Are they sure it was goats, or just a bunch of mindless Democrats dressed up like their hero Wu, the famous tiger suit man? Or they could have been protesting state union workers who have made goats out of the public with their ridiculous demands they be paid for not doing any work.

  • TxTornado

    That was enough goats to feed at least 100 illegals!

  • Bruce

    You would only wish goat ownership on your worst enemies. They are diabolical Houdini-like wonderlusts. They eat or destroy everything. They will escape from Alcatraz and then they’re off, going nowhere in search of nothing and too stupid to find their way back.

  • Melissa in Norcal

    Most people don’t understand that goats can frickin clmb trees I swear. They are crafty. Too bad they weren’t clever enough to avoid the road. :(

  • Sarah

    I have goats and while fences break, I pretty much know when my goats are gone. On top of that to have 200 goats, you’re breeding them and it’s kidding season right now. You have someone watching your farm all day long in preparation and should know where your goats are.

  • Horice

    All Goat owners should be finger printed, registered and undergo an FBI background check. Assault Goats should be banned in California and a maximum limit established of 10 Goats per Goat pen. Anyone shipping Goat pens of higher than 10 capacity should be subject to Federal Felony prosecution.

  • Horice

    Sheeple: If I could have been there with an AR15 and seven 30 round magazines, I could have herded off this Galt Goat attack before it ever happened.

  • Logician

    They all moved to Scotland where the herders wear kilts so the zipper doesn’t
    Scare the goats

  • fred

    Logician-

    You sound like you have experience with that sort of thing.

  • Joe deBlow

    Goats don’t kill people…people kill people. I suggest we limit goat ownership to just the few who can show repsonsibilty. Like Ariana Huffington!

  • Bob

    Probaly just trying for a better life, that why they blew off the fence, accross the border the first chance they get.. Darn goats won’t ever follow the law.

  • kentex1146

    How would I feel if I woke up tomorrow morning and learned that Las Vegas had a beach?

    Absolutely wonderful!

  • Chicago Nick

    How did Bin Laden’s harem get loose? Is he hiding in some bathhouse out there is San Fran Freakshow?

  • itisi

    Albert my fellow,you sound like a Right thinking man.

  • Chicago Nick

    The cow goes moo, the cat goes meoww…the Goat and sheep go O Bahhh bahhh ma….

  • joe

    Don’t they know to only cross at the light?

  • DJ

    Folks on a road that was quite remote heard
    Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
    Cars’ screeching tires as they smote the goat herd.
    Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

  • DJ

    O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
    O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay

  • http://thedailyconservative.net/2011/02/28/200-goats-run-onto-californias-i-5-causing-numerous-accidents-dozens-of-goats-killed/ 200 Goats Run Onto California’s I-5, Causing Numerous Accidents; Dozens Of Goats Killed… | The Daily Conservative

    [...] (Third column, 7th story, link) [...]

  • TWBNick

    Oh, just go check out PETA. This isn’t the first time something like this would be caused by PETA.

  • jonesy

    That’s freakin funny as hell. Thanks for the laugh!!!

  • Prof. Frisky

    Were there any injuries to the 15 naked Arabic men chasing the goats?

  • Alice Polarbear

    VERY good!

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  • fredv

    Excellent – thanks, I needed a good laugh.

  • ADM

    Another laugh from Planet Kalifornia. They probably fainted before they got run over.

  • ed357

    Was the lead goat named………

    JOHN?

  • 1984AnimalFarm

    great one

  • 1984AnimalFarm

    good one

  • Olrik

    The lead goat was named Wazooli, the favorite dancing boy of the Grand Mufti…

  • justlucky

    Maybe the goats were looking for a pot farm, since pot is legal in cal for medical use.

  • Bubba

    “You must have the courage to change.”

  • James Doan

    baaaaaaaaad news

  • Ahcmed

    “Authorities Investigating How Goat Herd Ran Into Traffic”

    These MUST be California authorities, because they can’t deduce that they used their little goat hooves to run into the traffic. Great example of how good the public schools are in Cali.

  • 1608poet

    The owner of the goats is liable for any damages, but the PETA angle should be investigated.

  • Dean

    Cabrito for everyone!

  • B ob

    George W. Bush was spotted in the vicinity of the accident shortly before it occurred.

  • Big Jeff

    WHY? WHY? OH WHY? Are you laughing at MASS goat SUICIDE?? This is SO SAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!

  • lotsoflaughs

    If you haven’t checked out this blog yet you should…it has some really funny stories and it’s all clean and kid friendly stuff. http://www.jaredslighterside.blogspot.com

  • Rick

    The drivers will get rich off the state like the motorcyclist who ran into wild pigs on Hwy 1 in Carmel. CA gov’t idocy abounds.

  • HotLZ

    That’s what happens when you don’t teach your kids to look both ways.

  • Jimbo

    @HotLZ – Oh brother – best pun I’ve seen in a long time.

  • Bob

    Too bad it wasn’t sheep, that would put it into the Hunter S. Thompson realm (see Fear and Loathing in Elko”

  • Rick O’Shea

    A Muslim harem escapes

  • Rhonda

    if you have a captioning button for the videos, why not make it work instead of making deaf and hard of hearing people get torqued off like me and write you

  • Real Rick

    Ok, THAT was the Post of the Day!!!

  • ron

    Now that is funny!!!! And it’s accurate too, every time my animals hear a zipper they run for the hills….

  • RealMan2

    Baaaaad goat, Baaaaad goat

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    [...] Herd of Goats Slow Morning Freeway Commute [...]

  • L.H.

    I was there on I5 on Saturday, stuck in traffic for 1 1/2 hours as all sorts of fire engines and ambulances raced by. As we finally started moving slowly across the small bridge over the creek I was horrified by the sight of blood on the road and I was praying that I wouldn’t see anything horrible when we got to the scene. We at that time had no idea what had happened and with 3 kids in the car I was really afraid of what we might see next. Then we got there. the scene was horrible, dead goats everywhere, it was a terrible, disgusting scene but in a way I was also relieved that the dead bodies on the road were not people. I told the children to look away, although I’m, not completely sure that they did. My kids were sad about the incident, it was a very sad sight. I am just thankful that we had stopped so I could trade driving with my husband because a few minutes more and I would have had to try to avoid hitting the goats as we were only about 1/4 mile back from the scene. I know a lot of people are wondering how people could have hit the goats, but you have to understand that I5 has a speed limit of 70 mph in that area and most people actually travel more around 75-80 mph. It was also dark when the accident occurred on a narrow bridge over a creek, so there was no shoulder for drivers to use to avoid the goats.

  • L.H.

    I’m sorry that you have to live in the midwest.

  • UncleJohn

    No kidding

  • chevres-r-us

    you should ALWAYS know where your kids are!!!

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