The Region - News from June 10, 1985
The rescue by helicopter of more than 500 wild goats on San Clemente Island, 60 miles west of San Diego, is expected to resume July 5, according to a spokeswoman for an animal rights organization. The operation will pick up where it left off last February, when 870 of the animals were captured on the Navy-owned island and taken to the mainland, where all but about 100 have been adopted by private citizens, said Paula Van Orden of the Fund for Animals.
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