Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has asked a judge to give the state permanent custody of dozens of goats taken from a Redding property earlier this month after years of complaints their owner had neglected and abused the animals.
The motion filed in Hartford Superior Court asks the state Department of Agriculture be awarded custody of 65 surviving goats seized from the property of 72-year-old Nancy Burton after state animal control officers discovered many were languishing without proper shelter, water or veterinary care.
The animals were taken March 10 to the York Correctional Institution in Niantic, where the state maintains more property with barn stalls that can fit the animals while they are cared for by licensed veterinarians and state agriculture employees, and Tong’s filing asks Burton provide “daily compensation” for their care at the facility.