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Two miniature kid goats named Blackberry and Thorn went missing from St Francis of Assisi Primary School in Baranduda, north-east Victoria, during school holidays. The four-month-old goats were part of a goat club where students cared for them daily; staff suspect theft rather than an escape due to the secure enclosure. Teachers are appealing for help from the community to bring back the missing goats and have called on police to investigate.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-02,
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same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Staff at St Francis of Assisi Primary School in Baranduda, north-east Victoria, are devastated after two miniature kid goats named Blackberry and Thorn went missing sometime between Sunday and Monday afternoon during school holidays. Teachers suspect the animals were stolen rather than escaping since they had their own secure pen within a locked paddock. The goats, which were just four months old, were part of an out-of-school-care program where students learned to care for them by bottle-feeding twice daily. Suzie Patrala, who teaches cattle and goat club at the school, expressed deep concern over the disappearance. Police are now investigating the incident, and anyone with information is encouraged to come forward.
Written for “Goat Theft from School” on 2026-10-05,
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In short:
Two miniature kid goats have gone missing from a primary school during the school holidays.
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Staff at St Francis of Assisi Primary School have ruled out an escape and suspect the goats have been stolen.
What's next?
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Police are investigating and anyone with information is asked to come forward.
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Teachers at a north-east Victorian primary school are appealing for help to find two missing classmates — miniature kid goats suspected stolen during the holidays.
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The goats, lovingly named Blackberry and Thorn by students at St Francis of Assisi Primary School, disappeared from their paddock at the Baranduda school sometime between Sunday and Monday afternoon.
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Cattle and goat club teacher Suzie Patrala said the goats were just four months old, and the students had been bottle-feeding them twice daily.
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"We're very devastated that the two have gone missing," Ms Patrala said.
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"Our out-of-school-care program has been going down every day to feed them and to play with them, and they discovered two were missing."
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Ms Patrala said it appeared the goats had been stolen.
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"We have assumed and hoped they had escaped, but no, they have their own pen within a locked paddock," she said.
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"Goats are great at escaping, and it's well and truly secure for them not to escape.
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"And obviously we've done a very big search around the local area."
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The school also has two guard alpacas named Bruce and Terry, which have previously killed foxes, ruling out predation.
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The primary school runs a cattle club with Dexter cattle, giving students the opportunity to participate in local agriculture shows.
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The school started a goat club so younger students could learn how to care for smaller animals.
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Bring back our goats
Ms Patrala said the students and families were upset to hear the news, and urged anyone with information to come forward.
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"If someone does have our goats, please care for them because we care for them a lot," Ms Patrala said.
"They are still babies, they still need to be bottle-fed once a day.
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"If you could bring them back to our school, back to our little community, that would be very, very, very much appreciated."
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Ms Patrala described Blackberry as completely black and Thorn as black with long grey ears and some grey through the coat.
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Victoria Police have been informed of the incident and the school urged anyone with information to come forward.
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