Stolen pregnant goats had mouths duct taped to keep them quiet

Thieves targeted a farm at Kahuku, on the island of Oahu in the county of Honolulu, Hawaii, stealing 23 pregnant goats. Some of the goats that were left behind, bound, and duct taped. The Pontin family lost not only part of their livelihoods, purebred goats worth about $10,000, but also animals that they loved and cared for.



The baby goats were born just last week. Keal Pontin and his family have been building up their herd of dairy and meat goats for the past year. “We noticed that all the gates were untied and half the herd was gone,” Pontin said. The crime that happened between 8pm on Thursday and 7am on Friday.

Some of the goats left behind had ropes around their necks and duct tape covering their mouths. “It had to be very traumatic for the animals. They knew that they’d scream, so they were taping their mouths shut and they weren’t small guys. They were huffing them over fences and dragging them down hills,” Pontin said.


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Pontin said the thieves left behind a trail of duct tape, with goat fur stuck to it and tyre tracks leading back out to Kamehameha Highway. The Kahuku Goat Farm is offering a reward to anyone who can return their goats or provide information that could lead to the arrest of the thieves.