He's such a social boy, our little Zen, the goat found wandering Manhattan streets late in April. But as our newest goat, he's the only one who HASN'T been exposed to a contagious disease that our other goats, who came in from a cruelty case four years ago, were exposed to. It's a complicated disease for many reasons...suffice it to say that risking young Zen's health is out of the question.

So for the last few months, Zen has had the company of four sheep--better than being alone, of course. But today, joy of joys, a young friend arrives for him!! We have no details, except that according to Elaine Sloane of PETA, he was rescued from Santeria...and spared ritual slaughter. He's small, will need to be quarantined and bottle-fed every few hours (there's a WAITING LIST for that job, naturally!), but once he gains weight and strength and confidence--and tests negative for CL, the disease I mentioned, well, then, Zen will have a playmate, and the Catskill Animal Sanctuary HUMANS will have lots of laughs....

Yes, we'll post on You Tube...