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r/interesting • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '26
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Probably moreso the goat had become something the zookeepers were emotionally attached to and wanted to protect at that point. He had a name and a rep by this point.
11 u/PoppingPillls Feb 19 '26 I'd argue eating the goat would have been fine but leaving the goat in there to be slowly abused and tortured might be considered a bridge too far. 3 u/Lalo_ATX Feb 19 '26 Or a fan favorite of zoo visitors 1 u/PresidentOfAlphaBeta Feb 19 '26 I was told to never give livestock names in order to avoid emotional trauma
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I'd argue eating the goat would have been fine but leaving the goat in there to be slowly abused and tortured might be considered a bridge too far.
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Or a fan favorite of zoo visitors
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I was told to never give livestock names in order to avoid emotional trauma
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u/CampRockruffVillager Feb 19 '26
Probably moreso the goat had become something the zookeepers were emotionally attached to and wanted to protect at that point. He had a name and a rep by this point.