Goats Grazing Gritty Streets

Police have captured five goats that were wandering the streets of a gritty northern New Jersey city.

Chief Animal Control Officer John DeCando, munching on a pork sandwich, tells The Record newspaper that a woman called Paterson police after nearly hitting the herd with her car at 2:30 a.m. Thursday.

Police took the goats to the animal shelter. They'll stay there until they are sent to an undisclosed farm to live out their days.

DeCando says he believes someone was keeping them for an Easter meal or a sacrifice. It's illegal to keep farm animals in Paterson. They probably knew that.