10 GOATS DIE IN NIGHT ATTACK COYOTES OR DOGS SUSPECTED IN MAULING.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer LITTLEROCK -- Danelia Marroquin fought off tears standing beside a farm in the back of her home Wednesday, where 10 of her pet goats had been mauled to death, apparently by a pack of wild animals WILD ANIMALS. Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Vide Animals; Ferae naturae. . The incident is thought to have occurred overnight on the 10100 block of East AvenueR-14. The dead goats were discovered by a caretaker about 7a.m., Marroquin said. Most of the goats were babies, Marroquin said. One was pregnant. Six goats survived the incident. "I'm just really sad. I've been crying all day," Marroquin said. "They were babies. They looked like little reindeer reindeer, ruminant mammal, genus Rangifer, of the deer family, found in arctic and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America. It is the only deer in which both sexes have antlers. ." Sheriff's deputies think a pack of wild dogs "Wild Dogs" were a band featuring current Journey drummer Deen Castronovo and Matthew T McCourt (aka Dr Mastermind). The band went through several lineup changes that included at least 2 singers, 2 guitarists and 3 bassists in its history. or coyotes killed the goats. Paw prints of various sizes were visible in the home's dirt lane leading up to farm. It is unclear precisely when the mauling occurred. Marroquin said nobody in her family heard any disturbance overnight. Marroquin's daughter Nadia was one of the first to witness the incident. She said it appeared the goats had been choked choke v. choked, chok·ing, chokes v.tr. 1. To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea. 2. a. . She said eight dead goats were found near the entry gate, and two others were found in a ditch ditch (ditching), n the undesirable loss of tooth substance in the region of a restoration margin (usually gingival). in the back of the farm. "They were lying there next to each other, it was nasty," Nadia Marroquin said. "It was really sad because it was baby goats." Keeping farm animals such as goats is not uncommon in Littlerock, an unincorporated Adj. 1. unincorporated - not organized and maintained as a legal corporation unorganised, unorganized - not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government" rural town east of Palmdale. Danelia Marroquin said she started keeping goats about six months ago in her backyard farm. She said the goats are considered pets, and sometimes she allows them in her home to play with her grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. . The goats also produce milk the family drinks and gives away to friends, she said. Danelia Marroquin said the incident was "shocking." She said sheriff's deputies who investigated hadn't heard of an incident such as this in years. "The first thing I thought was that it was a witchcraft witchcraft, a form of sorcery, or the magical manipulation of nature for self-aggrandizement, or for the benefit or harm of a client. This manipulation often involves the use of spirit-helpers, or familiars. thing; I don't want to think that happened in my house," she said. "It's weird because it's so lonely here in Littlerock, and (the animals) picked my house." gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Danelia Marroquin checks on some of her remaining goats Wednesday after 10, mostly kids, were thought to have been killed by a pack of wild animals at her farm in Littlerock. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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