Someone may have taken baby goat snuggles too far.

The owners of Yellow Point Farms south of Nanaimo allege that one of their baby goats, just 12 days old, was stolen on Saturday during a baby goat snuggles program at their farm.

乌鸦传媒淲e didn乌鸦传媒檛 want to believe that,乌鸦传媒� said Rebecca Dault. 乌鸦传媒淲e were like, there乌鸦传媒檚 no way someone would steal a goat. But after looking for hours and hours, there really is no other explanation. There乌鸦传媒檚 no sign of him. There couldn乌鸦传媒檛 have been predators because there was so many people.乌鸦传媒�

The is exactly what it sounds like, a chance to 乌鸦传媒渉old and snuggle the baby goats to heart乌鸦传媒檚 content.乌鸦传媒�

Rebecca and Justin Dault said Saturday乌鸦传媒檚 baby goat snuggles was one of their most well-attended yet, with about 50 people there, mostly families, between 1-3 p.m. Many of those who attended have sent photos to help the Daults pin down the time the goat could have been taken, perhaps 1:30-2 p.m.

Justin said he looked for four hours yesterday and throughout the day today.

乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 kind of like kidnapping. We feel violated. We couldn乌鸦传媒檛 even sleep last night over it,乌鸦传媒� he said.

He said that at the baby goat snuggling and goat yoga programs, visitors to the farm commonly joke about 乌鸦传媒榢id-napping.乌鸦传媒�

乌鸦传媒淧eople always joke about, 乌鸦传媒榦h, I乌鸦传媒檓 taking this goat home乌鸦传媒� or 乌鸦传媒業乌鸦传媒檓 keeping this goat乌鸦传媒� and fake like they乌鸦传媒檙e smuggling one out,乌鸦传媒� he said. 乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 all fun and jokes, but someone took it too far and actually did.乌鸦传媒�

He said he乌鸦传媒檚 considering setting up a security camera in future, but the couple aren乌鸦传媒檛 even certain they want to continue with the snuggle program.

乌鸦传媒淚ts mom is crying. She乌鸦传媒檚 been crying ever since; she乌鸦传媒檚 looking for him, and if he was stuck somewhere, he乌鸦传媒檇 be crying too,乌鸦传媒� Rebecca said.

She said the photos don乌鸦传媒檛 quite get across how small the baby goat is; she estimates five pounds. The allegedly stolen goat has 乌鸦传媒渧ery rare colouring,乌鸦传媒� Rebecca said, gold with 乌鸦传媒渕oonspots乌鸦传媒� and blue eyes. She said with such distinctive colouring, no one will be able to sell the goat. She said the baby goat needs its mama乌鸦传媒檚 milk.

乌鸦传媒淯nless someone was well-versed in raising goats and bought powdered goat milk replacer or something, it乌鸦传媒檚 not going to survive. It乌鸦传媒檚 not weaned. It乌鸦传媒檚 only 12 days old. It needs it till eight weeks. It乌鸦传媒檚 going to have to be force-fed to learn a bottle,乌鸦传媒� she said. 乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 pretty tough for it to survive without that, or a very experienced goat owner.乌鸦传媒�

The farm owners say they won乌鸦传媒檛 ask any questions if someone returns the goat to their front pasture.

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