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Supers/Fonts: Wednesday

Ontario, CA

Story Location: Ontario

State/Province: California

Shot Date: 04/17/2024

URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/thieves-steal-a-dozen-goats-from-ontario-farm/

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Story Description:
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PKG: sot farm manager, vo of area around goat pen, damage fence, drake farm sot, vo man feeding baby goats with bottle, other adult and baby goats in pen, sot reporter standup bridge, vo man at computer, camera on roof of building, surveillance video (source: Drake Family Farm)



Wire/StoryDescription:
Police are searching for a dozen goats that were stolen from an Ontario dairy farm earlier this week.

The owners of Drake Family Farms say that someone cut through one of their fences and took a dozen goats from them on Monday and is offering a reward for their safe return.

A trail of damage leads to the chain link fence that the thieves cut to gain entry to the farm.

"It's just so sad to see someone would attack such a small family farm," said Cassandra Murillo, a supervisor at the farm. "You don't ever really think about it happening, you know, until it does."

She says that the farm's owner, Dr. Drake, adores his goats and knows them each by name. He's desperately hoping they're brought back safely.


To make matters worse, all of the adults that were taken were either pregnant or left baby goats behind. One had given birth literal hours before the incident, leaving two kids behind.

"They really rely on their mom the first few hours, especially when they kid overnight because it's cold right now," Murillo said. "They need the mother's warmth, the mother's colostrum."

Surveillance video from the farm, albeit grainy, shows the moments that a car's headlights arrive just outside of the goat pen on Schaeffer Avenue at around 11:30 p.m.

So far, Ontario Police Department officers don't have any leads and are hopeful that someone from the public can come forward to help their investigation.


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LOCAL DAIRY FARMERS ...
HOPING SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO ...
AND A REWARD ...
WILL HELP THEM GET BACK ... 12 STOLEN GOATS.
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THE OWNERS OF DRAKE FAMILY FARMS IN ONTARIO ....
SAY SOMEONE CUT THROUGH A FENCE TO STEAL THE GOATS.
KCAL NEWS REPORTER MICHELLE GILE HAS MORE.
00: Ontario
(sot) They were all in this pen..all of our pregnant moms.
Here we have a little trail...

A trail that leads a damaged chain link fence. This is where Drake
Family Farms supervisor Cassandra Murillo says the thief cut
the wire Monday night stealing 12 goats.
17 SOURCE: Drake Family Farms
including Nova.. who is featured on the farm's website
21 (SOT) Cassandra Murillo- farm supervisor
It's just so sad to see someone would attack such as small family
farm... you don't really ever think about it happening to you until it
does. I know my bosses are very sad our owner Dr Drake..he love his
goats.. he adores his goats.. knows every single name on the farm
definitely a crazy goat man.
(NATS)
What's especially concerning to the staff here is that all of the adults
stolen were either pregnant or they left baby goats behind.
50 BRIDGE-

(SOT)They really rely on their mom the first few hours especially when
they kid overnight because it's cold right now. They need the mother's
warmth..the mother's colustrum.

3 babies..known as kids are also missing from the Ontario herd.
Drake Family Farms found video from one of the cameras
120 SOURCE Drake Family Farms
that shows headlights pointing into the goats pen on Schaeffer Avenue
around 11:30 pm. Aside from this, they say they have no solid clues as to
who the thief is.
In Ontario, MG KCAL NEWS.
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