A goat in Kansas City, Missouri that was rescued after it made its way to the ledge of a bridge almost 80 feet in the air is “bouncing back like a champ.”
KC Pet Project, a nonprofit that handles animal control for the city and operates shelters, said in a post on social media Monday that the goat was discovered “to be trapped on the side of a bridge” that afternoon close to Swope Park, near the Kansas City Zoo.
“It appeared he had walked along a ledge to get to the point he was found at,” KC Pet Project said.
The animal rescue shelter said its team worked with the Kansas City Missouri Fire Department to remove the goat from the bridge. He was then transported to the shelter where he received treatment and fluids from the facility’s veterinary team.
In an update on Tuesday, KC Pet Project, said the “daring goat,” Jeffery, who has “more moves than Jagger,” is doing great and “bouncing back like a champ.”
“Picture this: our buddy Jeffrey, with aspirations taller than the Empire State, decided to scale a ledge that was practically begging for a visit,” said KC Pet Project. “Like a four-legged Spider-Man, he strutted along to each platform until he hit an ‘oh no’ point − the highest spot of the bridge, a cool 80 feet above water.”
The animal shelter also answered questions on the goat’s rescue, sharing that the “rescue mission [was] worthy of an action movie,” with the animal getting tangled up in a rope and missing a platform jump, which gave the rescue team a scare.
Once fire department officials got ahold of Jeffery, the shelter’s Chief of Veterinary Medicine sedated him so he could be safely transported to the clinic and be cared for.
“A true legend in the making,” KC Pet Project said about Jeffery.
Meanwhile the Kansas City Missouri Fire Department, in a post on X, said: “Just when you think you have done it all in the fire service, you rescue a goat on a bridge.”