February 17, 2006

Shocking College Behavior!

My Aggie buddies will be pleased this story doesn't come from College Station -- it is from Kentucky. Gives a whole new meaning to the term "animal husbandry".

Some Bowling Green, Ky., police officers found more than they bargained for after stopping by a Western Kentucky University fraternity party early Thursday.

The officers discovered a live goat stuffed into a storage room of the Alpha Gamma Rho house with no food or water, standing in its own urine and feces, according to WBKO-TV in Bowling Green.

The authorities cited 19-year-old Trenton Dakota Jackson with a second-degree count of cruelty to animals.

Officials aren't sure why the goat was in the storage room and don't know how long the goat had been held captive. Some of the students told police the goat was going to be used in a hazing ritual.

Brian Peyton, the president of Western's Alpha Gamma Rho chapter, said the goat was brought in as a prank, to make some pledges think they would have to have sex with it, WBKO reported. But Peyton told the TV station that the incident wasnÂ’t related to hazing. He said that nobody actually was going to have sex with the goat, the TV station reported.

The goat was sent to the Warren County Humane Society so it could be examined by a veterinarian.

The fraternity has been ordered to stop all activities during an investigation. Alpha Gamma Rho has been cited for hazing three times since 1996.

The executive director of Alpha Gamma Rho's national organization in Kansas City, Mo., said he's also suspended the fraternity chapter. The organization will send someone to the university to investigate the allegations and cooperate with university officials, director Philip Josephson said.

Insert your fraternity joke here.

Posted by: Greg at 12:40 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 As an aggie & member of a fraternity, I think these charges (2nd degree??) are ridiculous.

It's a funny prank to make these pledges think they're going to love a goat. That's funny.

And they probably only had the goat for *maybe* a week, and everyone's upset that this thing walks on it's own crap & urine? C'mon! That's what goats DO! They don't care about cleanliness, unlike dogs which will atleast pick a common spot/corner.

I think it's entirely trumped up, in my opinion.


btw, go eat @ Luigi's Ristorante Italiano in Galveston, TX. Superb!

Posted by: Eric Clemmons at Fri Feb 17 13:10:09 2006 (yPOKC)

2 There's actually a little more to it. Here's the worst part,

"Examiners found abrasions in the goat's rectum, but could not determine what caused them, said Lorrie Hare, director of the Humane Society."

Posted by: Michael at Mon Feb 20 02:53:05 2006 (j1hwL)

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