ERIE — The frequent visits from Dennis, the red and white Boer goat who couldn’t refrain from breaking out of his owner’s pasture behind the Conoco station at the corner of East County Line and Jay roads in Erie, have come to an end. An animal- control officer with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office impounded the animal March 6.
Station manager Pam King called Erie police many times about the goat, but because the animal’s home is just outside city limits in unincorporated Boulder County, all officers could do was ask the owner to keep a closer eye on Dennis — as in “Dennis the Menace.”
Finally, Erie police asked for help from the county.
Terry Snyder, an animal-control officer with the Sheriff’s Office, said impounding goats is a rare event for her department — she has rounded up only three or four in the past 23 years on the job.
Dennis now resides at Knick O’ Time Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation, a facility for stranded animals located north of Longmont.
The goat’s owner, Carrie Morgan, hasn’t claimed Dennis since he was impounded, and now the animal is available for adoption. John Aguilar, Daily Camera
