Rescued goat with CL dilemma

[Ariel301]

A few months ago I got a doe and her doeling from a local "sanctuary" (actually a crazy hoarder lady) for free. They just really did not turn out to be what we wanted, they are very wild and skittish and I can't get them to come around, if I do manage to catch one, it's a rodeo to hold on to her! And then I was given a papered LaMancha doeling for free also, leaving me with too many goats. So, I decided the crossbred "rescues" were the ones to go. I was going to give them to a friend of mine if she wanted them, that way when the sanctuary lady asks me/my husband/other people about them (as she often will) we could say they are fine without lying and making her mad, I don't want to start anything bad there because she is a friend of one of our good friends, even if we all disapprove of her animal problem. Well, today I found a huge CL lump on the doe. So, now I do not want to give this doe to a friend or have her in my herd where she can spread the infection....I agreed upon taking the goats that I would not eat them...my husband does not want to sell them to someone else for eating or anything because he doesn't want to lie to the lady about what happened to them, and I would tend to agree. We have the option of taking them back, but I hate to put another goat back into that lady's care, because she underfeeds them, gives them no medical care or routine maintenance, and does not keep them from breeding, so she has out of control populations and does/kids dying all the time. (Animal control here "can't do anything about it because there is no limit on how many goats she is allowed to own" and goats are not taken seriously here anyway so no one cares if they die and no one knows that they can't just live on garbage)

What would you do?

 

[ksalvagno]

Put her down. Tell the woman that she got sick and had to be euthanized. That is not a lie.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Put her down. Tell the woman that she got sick and had to be euthanized. That is not a lie.

Telling her the doe had CL and you didn't want it to spread to the rest of your herd isn't a lie either.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Yes, I agree. I would never send an animal back to that woman.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

and what if she gave it to someone else? and spread the disease?

i think your instincts are correct, you just have a hard task to do.

sorry
:-(

 

[dkluzier]

I would let the friend know about the CL and let her decide if she wants her.

 

[cmjust0]

I'd call the "sanctuary" lady and say....look....here's the deal....it turns out this doe's got CL, and her baby's probably got it too. If you want them back, I'll bring them back. If you don't, I'm either going to euthanize her or send her to the auction...it's your call.

If she wants them back, so be it.

If not, well...send them to the auction or euthanize them.

 

[ksalvagno]

I have to admit that I would have a hard time sending an animal back to a place that they aren't being taken care of properly. I would rather euthanize the goat and just let her know that she got really sick and didn't make it. A better life for the goat than one of neglect.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

I agree. I wouldn't even give her the option.

 

[Ariel301]

She WOULD take her back, no matter what she sick with. She has a few half-grown kids that have been unable to stand since shortly after their birth, they just lay out in the yard and she brings them a little food and water.

I'm thinking putting her down might be the right thing to do. Poor girl, she's only 2.