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Winona (MN) Repairman Finds Goat in Car Trunk (Wait for it....)
KSTP.com ^ | 8/24/09 | AP

Posted on 08/24/2009 10:43:26 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A woman on her way to St. Paul really got the goat of auto repairman James Prusci.

She went to Tires Plus in Winona Friday, wanting a belt replaced on her Chevy Malibu. While he was doing paperwork, she said she had a goat in her trunk.

"A what?" he asked. She told him she planned to butcher it.

It was painted Minnesota Viking colors - purple and gold - with Brett Favre's No. 4 shaved on its side. Favre made his Vikings debut Friday in a preseason game.


TOPICS: Humor; Pets/Animals; Sports
KEYWORDS: favre; goat; purple; vikings
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To: The_Victor

I don’t think the issue was her slaughtering her own livestock, as many farmers and butchers slaughter animals quite frequently and nobody except Peta complains or calls the local authorities. However, farmers don’t paint their animals and then stick them in the trunk of a sedan in the middle of summer.

If that had been a ‘cute’ animal like a dog or cat in the trunk, or even a child in the backseat, people would be up in arms over the situation. Just because an animal will eventually be killed and eaten doesn’t mean anyone’s allowed to mistreat it until then.

Also, it doesn’t mention where the lady got the goat, if it was even her goat to begin with, whether she had the slightest experience caring for goats and/or properly and humanely butchering them, etc, etc. I highly doubt anyone would’ve called animal control if the goat had been in the possession of a farmer or butcher and was being transported in a suitable way.


21 posted on 08/24/2009 3:02:14 PM PDT by Hyzenthlay (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Hyzenthlay

Bingo....


22 posted on 08/24/2009 3:27:22 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: Hyzenthlay
Shaving and dying the animal's fur is certainly not a crime. As far as speculation about whether she know how to humanely butcher a goat, no animal control officer is qualified to make that determination. There's no license required to slaughter an animal. If transporting it in the trunk of a car is illegal, I'd love to see the law.
23 posted on 08/24/2009 3:32:43 PM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Northern Yankee

Zoykes!

I’m over it. Brett broke my heart, but we had a good run...


24 posted on 08/24/2009 5:18:52 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
If you’d like to be on or off this Upper Midwest/outdoors/rural list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.

If you keep a purple goat in your trunk, you shouldn't be surprised when a repairman finds it.

25 posted on 08/24/2009 6:44:59 PM PDT by SJackson (the number-one job facing the middle class...a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S. Jobs)
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To: The_Victor

While there may be no laws about ‘transporting it in the trunk of a car’, since our legislators can’t think up every possible inhumane thing someone could do to an animal, it would probably fall under ‘animal cruelty’ since it’s putting a live animal into an enclosed, non-ventilated trunk (a Malibu isn’t a station wagon) in the warmest part of the summer. Also, there ARE laws about keeping animals in cages, enclosures, carriers, etc, and the bare minimum is that the animal has to be able to stand up and turn around, neither of which an average-sized goat would have been able to do in that car trunk.

The point is, the goat was taken away from this woman because she was mistreating it.


26 posted on 08/26/2009 7:39:24 AM PDT by Hyzenthlay (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Hyzenthlay
Mistreated?,... perhaps, but very subjective.

The last time I adopted a cat from the local SPCA, they told me to bring a pillow case for the drive home. A dark, enclosed, space will cause the animal to remain calm during transport. While a cat isn't a goat, the behavior is fairly universal, I know for a fact it works on chickens too. I drive an '05 Malibu, and the trunk is cavernous, and while it wouldn't be appropriate for long term restraint, for a 30 minute or an hour drive, in Minnesota temperatures, ....not even approaching cruel.

27 posted on 08/26/2009 7:52:15 AM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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