According to a statement from the Atlanta Police Department, a driver called the police after seeing goats in the roadway. Animal control officials responded to the scene, and police contacted the owner of the goats.
WXIA-TV reported that the station’s chopper found nearly two dozen goats wandering around in the area. And, in addition to animal control officials, officials also called for help corralling the goats from Buckhead Goats Farmhouse.
“An officer came to our house asking if we were missing goats, and I was like, ‘No,’” I came out and I counted all of our goats," a volunteer with the Buckhead Goats Farmhouse said in a Facebook Live video. “Then he said that there were a bunch of goats loose on Piedmont and asked if I wanted to come help.”
The volunteer continued and said she initially thought a few goats needed to be rounded up but found an entire herd of goats and three Great Pyrenees dogs waiting to be corralled.
The Buckhead Goats Farmhouse, also known as the “Goat Mansion,” is a home that is listed to rent on Airbnb. Guests are able to feed and watch the goats that live on the property.
With the goats living on the Buckhead Goats Farmhouse accounted for, officials got to work herding the roaming goats.
Another Facebook post published to the Buckhead Goats Facebook page stated that the volunteer brought alfalfa hay and goat feed to the area, but needed more supplies.
“We brought back more rope, feeding pans, a big bag of goat feed and half a bail of alfalfa to keep the herd in one spot BUSY eating,” the post read.
While the goats were eating, the volunteer also picked up plastic trash in the area that would cause an intestinal blockage if it was eaten. According to a third post on the Buckhead Goats Facebook page, the herd of 43 goats and three Great Pyrenees were secured and loaded to be transported.
The Atlanta Police Department noted that there were no injuries during the ordeal and the department is continuing its investigation.
Using goats to “landscape” is not an uncommon practice.
Newsweek previously reported that 200 goats were used to eat overgrown plants at an apartment complex located on a 20-acre piece of property in Washington.
Newsweek has reached out to the Buckhead Goats Farmhouse for further comment but did not hear back by press time.