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Baby goat wanders onto New York school playground and chases students

A young goat escaped from a yard in Yonkers and briefly chased children at an elementary school playground before police captured it.

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An escaped baby goat visited the playground of the DiChiaro School on Bronxville Road in Yonkers, New York, on October 8. UPI reported that the animal chased students on the school grounds before law enforcement officers intervened. [1]

The Yonkers Police Department posted video footage of the capture to social media. According to UPI, the police department stated that the goat left a neighboring yard and took an unauthorized trip to the playground. [1]

Police officers wrangled the baby goat while a crowd of students watched. UPI reported that the animal was safely returned to the yard of its owner. [1]

New York is the most populous city in the United States and is made up of five boroughs, including the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. [2]

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In short

  • A baby goat escaped a neighboring yard and entered the DiChiaro School playground in Yonkers on October 8.
  • The animal chased students on the playground before being caught by police.
  • Yonkers police returned the goat to its owner after the capture.

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Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Baby goat escapes yard, visits elementary school in New YorkUPI, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)

Background

  1. [2]New York City on Wikipedia
  2. [3]US Marshals arrest man accused of pushing mother and baby from balcony FTMQ News, 7d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 3 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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