Island’s Remaining Goats May Be Shot
Goats still running free on San Clemente Island will probably be shot by hunters beginning Thursday, despite an appeal by an animal rights group for extra time to trap them.
Cleveland Amory, founder and head of the Fund for Animals, said Saturday that he has been unable to reach Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger to head off the Navy’s planned elimination of an estimated 300 to 400 goats still free on the island.
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