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Related: About this forumPregnant Goat Faced Being Shot is Rescued
http://animalplace.org/pregnant-and-left-for-dead-video/
For 18 hours, heavily-pregnant Verna suffered. Intentionally bred at only 7-mos-old a baby herself Verna could not physically give birth to the large male kid inside her.
The owners of the goat would pay to have her shot but not to see a vet.
Neighbors called Animal Place and staff rushed to the scene, finding Verna weighing only 30 lbs down, her pregnant belly heaving from pain. Rushing to our veterinarian, it was determined the baby was too large and Verna would need an emergency C-section to survive.
The stench coming from inside Verna was almost unbearable, infection had set in and dead tissue was decomposing. All because someone saw Verna as property and not someone worthy of basic veterinary care.
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Pregnant Goat Faced Being Shot is Rescued (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Mar 2015
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madamvlb
(495 posts)1. Awwwww!
renate
(13,776 posts)2. it's so odd, the way that humans can be both so good and so very bad
I do think most people are good... thank goodness for the people at Animal Place and elsewhere.
I'm so glad this story had a happy ending. Poor little Verna.
midnight
(26,624 posts)3. kick
midnight
(26,624 posts)4. These our such tough times… I'm glad these people offered to help and the farmer let this goat go.
3catwoman3
(23,971 posts)5. Cruelty to animal stories...
...often move me to tears faster than cruelty to human stories. I hope Verna has a long happy life.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)6. Poor thing!
indivisibleman
(482 posts)7. At first I thought that
we were being invaded by goat-faced beings from another planet.
Triana
(22,666 posts)8. She is so cute. Poor baby.
So happy she is saved -- and will never be abused again!