Monroe animal rescue hosts the Goatalympics
Jul 20, 2012, 12:32 PM | Updated: 3:19 pm
Ellen Felsenthel says the costume contest is always a riot. (Image courtesy New Moon Farm Goat Rescue & Sanctuary)
High jump, distance jump, and a teeter-totter. It may
sound like folks were getting ready for an Olympic
competition, but the participants in this contest are a
little goatish.
A local animal sanctuary is putting on its own Olympics
this weekend to help take care of some goats that could
use a hand.
Saturday is the New Moon Farm Goat Rescue & Sanctuary‘s
second annual Goatalympics Fundraiser. Ellen
Felsenthel founded the Monroe animal sanctuary in 1999.
She didn’t see anyone else looking out for goats.
“They’re such wonderful animals, I just wanted to give
them their own place.”
People often get the goats as pets and much like other
pets, people have reasons they can’t keep them.
The Goatalympics serve as a fundraiser for the sanctuary,
and Felsenthel said it’s fun to watch because the four-
legged show boaters are agile and curious.
“They love to climb things, they love to climb up on the
platforms and walk across up high. We have a little
teeter-totter they cross, they’ll do high jump and
distance jump from table to table. They’re really quite
remarkable that way.”
Goats just don’t compete in physical competitions, but
there are contests for all shapes and sizes: Longest
beard, curliest horns, skinniest goat, and fattest goat.
The day ends with a costume contest, which Fesenthel says
is always a riot.
