Goat Boards Bus

You can all relax and go back to focusing on the bigger issues in world news today because the black pygmy goat that decided to take a bus ride has been found safe in Portland, Oregon :

A pygmy goat boarded a TriMet bus Monday night in southeast Portland.

TriMet officials said the bus was on layover at Southeast 94th Avenue and Foster Road when the goat wandered onto the bus.

Concerned of nearby freeway and street traffic, the bus driver alerted TriMet dispatchers, who called 911.

"I've got a very strange request," the caller told the emergency dispatcher. "A goat is on our bus. We need him off."

A Portland police officer took the 35-pound pygmy goat to a Multnomah County Animal Services shelter in Troutdale.

The miracle of the intertubes reunites goat with distressed owner :

Animal control officers later checked Craigslist and found a posting titled "Lost: Pygmy Goat (I 205 At Foster)".

"My little black pygmy goat figured out how to open the gate last night and got out of the yard. She was a birthday gift and I am really worried about her. PLEASE if you found or have seen her let me know. Thank you."

The owner was reunited with Poppy on Tuesday afternoon.

Goats are now being psychologically profiled :

Animal control officials described the goat, named Poppy, as very friendly and sociable.

If the goat goes bus riding again, clearly she has in mind somewhere more important she thinks she needs to be.