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CCTV captures the moment where a goat is stolen from a Maidstone animal sanctuary
KentOnline / KMTV
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07/07/2025
The Buttercups Goat Sanctuary say it's like losing a pet, and are gutted that 'Taco' the goat is gone.
Finn Macdiarmid reports.
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Losing a goat is like someone losing their pet dog, so obviously it's really heartfelt
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for us to lose an individual.
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Taco the goat was found wandering the streets of Marden and was taken in by Buttercup Goat
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Sanctuary, but only a day after he was taken.
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The sanctuary that's just outside of Maidstone have plenty of CCTV cameras after past security
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concerns which captured the thieves in the act.
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So they come down this bit here, this is the bit I was pointing at earlier, but they've
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come down from that sort of foot gate, they acknowledge the cameras there, I think that's
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what they're doing anyway, all masked up and that sort of thing, and that takes them out
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onto the field and then they go round and get him from that way.
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Right there, those are the goat's eyes on his back and you can actually see he's wriggling
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around quite a bit, he's having to kind of wrestle him into place, to be quite kind of firm with him.
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Although thefts have happened at the site before, this is the first time an animal has been taken.
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We've had break-ins before, we had our vehicle stolen once upon a time, and I think a trailer
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as well, but we've never had an animal stolen before, this is a first for us.
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You know, previously when we had the other break-ins we've introduced security and things
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like that, but these guys actually knew where the beams were and kind of walked round them.
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So clearly it had kind of come, we think they'd come the day before, perhaps to look around,
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identified where they needed to go, because as I said they were in and out in four minutes,
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so that's very quick.
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Now the Sanctuary's aim is to rescue goats, meaning those that come through their doors
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are those that need the help the most, and this means that the team often become very
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attached to the individual animals.
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These goats come into our care and they come here expecting Sanctuary, so it's the last
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thing you'd want to happen to them.
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So we're just gutted for the individual, for Taco.
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I would be surprised if we saw Taco again, but I will never give up hope.
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There's always a chance he will be rescued again in a few years and he will come back
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then, so I will never give up hope on Taco.
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Police community support officers were at the Sanctuary to look at some of the CCTV footage,
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and Kent Police told us that an investigation is ongoing and officers have attended the site.
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Anyone with any information should call Kent Police.
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The Buttercup's team say that while there's not much information, that it's best not to speculate,
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they are still hopeful that their latest goat can be returned.
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Finn McDermid for KMTV in Boughton, Monchelsea.
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