Eight-month-old goats reunited with owners after theft from Dorset farm

Margoat and Robbie had been stolen from a farm in Dorset

Chris Brayford
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Margoat and Robbie were reunited with owner Alice by police constable Sebastian Haggett (Dorset Police Rural Crime Team)
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Margoat and Robbie were reunited with owner Alice by police constable Sebastian Haggett (Dorset Police Rural Crime Team)

Two baby goats have been recovered after being stolen from a Dorset farm. Dorset Police Rural Crime Team said the pygmy goats - roughly eight months-old - had been stolen from a farm in the village...

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