Police appeal to find stolen pygmy goat

Police have launched an appeal for information after a pygmy goat was stolen from an enclosure in Leicestershire.

Leicestershire and Rutland Rural Policing Team said the goat was taken from a small holding in the Cropston area overnight on Monday.

It had been kept in a secure enclosure with its family, including its twin - which police said was now "repeatedly bleating for its missing sibling".

The theft has also caused "significant distress" to the animal's owner, the force added.

Making a direct appeal to the person or people responsible on Facebook, officers urged: "Do the right thing.

"Make yourself known to us or return the goat safely to its home."

Anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area or who has been offered a goat for sale unexpectedly has also been asked to contact police.

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