Two young goats were rescued Wednesday after spending nearly two days stranded 60-feet in the air on a narrow 6-inch ledge of an old railroad bridge in Montana. A piece of mining equipment brought them to safety.
The Rimrock Humane Society in Roundup, Montana received a call Wednesday morning from a person who reported seeing two goats stuck on the train bridge. The two female goats had been there for nearly two days.
Sandy Church, president of the Rimrock Humane Society, Cory Freeman from Animal Edventures and a deputy from the Musselshell County sheriff’s department traveled to the area to investigate.
"We have absolutely no idea how or why these little critters would go out on this bridge," Church told the Billings Gazette. "The only thing we can figure is it happened at night and they were unsure of their surroundings. Once morning came, they were too scared to walk back where they came from."
Church worried the goats would fall off their high perch. The animals stayed on the angled thin ledge during their entire ordeal, even though a wider pillar was only a few feet away. Once in a while they tried to lie down, but then quickly realized it made them more vulnerable.
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