At present, his caregivers say that Rufus is a candy man who has made himself at dwelling at Farm Sanctuary, getting together with everybody. It’s onerous to imagine that he as soon as wanted a herd the place he slot in, however right here’s his story…
In 2022, we rescued Rufus and his three gal friends, Marzipan, Junco, and Kazoo—together with two sheep named Oboe and Sprocket and a goat named Sniglet, who has since handed away. We positioned them in a house inside our Farm Animal Adoption Community (FAAN), and there, they lived fortunately for 2 years till the adopter’s altering circumstances and well being challenges inside the goat herd meant {that a} new dwelling was wanted.
Our pals at Odd Man Inn Animal Refuge (OMI) in Tennessee suspected that the herd had treatment-resistant parasites, which additional sophisticated issues, because the goats shouldn’t be on pasture. Fortunately, OMI may soak up two different goats, Edmund and Duncan, from the herd. Once they noticed that Rufus urgently wanted medical consideration, they knew that they had to assist him, too. OMI rushed the three goats to the College of Tennessee, the place Rufus wanted probably the most intensive help and care.
“Rufus was dying from emaciation and important anemia,” says Wendy Smith, Co-Founder and Government Director at OMI. “We needed to race him to the College of Tennessee, the place docs gave him an emergency blood transfusion. It was very high-level vet care, they usually weren’t certain Rufus may pull by way of.”
As soon as the goats went to OMI, it turned clear that Rufus missed his girl pals and would really feel most at dwelling with Marzipan, Junco, and Kazoo.
