Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch ledge of rail bridge 60 feet above Mont. roadway
By APThursday, September 2, 2010
Goats rescued after 2 days on Mont. rail bridge
HELENA, Mont. — Two young goats were rescued after spending two days stranded on the six-inch ledge of a railroad bridge 60 feet above a road in southern Montana.
Rimrock Humane Society president Sandy Church says it’s not clear how the animals got onto the bridge between Billings and Roundup on Tuesday.
She says the nimble-footed goats may have wandered onto the ledge at night then froze once the sun rose and they saw where they were.
She enlisted help from officials at the nearby Signal Peak Energy mine after learning of the goat’s plight on Wednesday. The rescue was done with equipment with an arm long enough to reach the animals.
Church says the rescued animals were a little dehydrated and hungry but otherwise fine.
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