Crime & Safety
Fugitive Tewksbury Goat Caught, Brought Into Custody
He's been on the run for over two weeks
TEWKSBURY, MA — The infamous Tewksbury Goat has been brought back into custody, ending nearly a month-long search.
According to the Billerica and Tewksbury Animal Control, as well as the Animal Rescue League, the goat was captured Saturday afternoon by the Animal Rescue League of Boston. He was named "Brady", and was taken to the veterinarian for a checkup, according to a report by the Lowell Sun.
Well hello there @TewksburyGoat Nice to finally meet you. We always get our goat! You'll be quite comfortable at ARL pic.twitter.com/14m3pWRmM3
— Animal Rescue League (@ARLBostonRescue) September 17, 2016
The goat had been on the run since Aug. 28, when police received multiple calls regarding the loose goat. A twitter account for the goat surfaced, and has accumulated 188 twitter followers.
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The goat made sure to let his followers know that he will be back.
I will return https://t.co/6U3gSzw2lD
— TewksburyGoat (@TewksburyGoat) September 18, 2016
@ARLBostonRescue Also last tweet of letting people know my location is not an attempt to have them hep me escape ( wink wink ) ;-)
— TewksburyGoat (@TewksburyGoat) September 18, 2016
Image via the Billerica Animal Control
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