Barney is probably the most photographed goat in Scotland, whether this is due to his exceptionally white and curly coat, his overshot bottom jaw that shows his teeth and makes him appear to be smiling or his passion for human companionship we do not know but it is a fact

I expect you are wondering why Annabel is in the goat section, Annabel is quite convinced she is a goat, she will have nothing whatever to do with sheep – “nasty woolly things, not sleek and beautiful like us goats!”Annabel arrived here as a lamb, still needing to be bottle

Twiggy is a goat of mixed breed, probably Saanen crossed with a smaller breed. Twiggy came here with a kid at foot in 2006, part of the rescue of thirty five animals that were being neglected, starved and abused. Twiggy, her baby and an elderly goat were found a new

Rosie has come home! Rosie came to Mossburn a few years ago with her companion Lindy who sadly passed away not long after arriving here. A neighbour also lost a goat and Rosie went to be companion to the baby of that goat, years on and that goat also died

Horace and Wilfred came to us in 2003 from Sunderland, they were part of a herd of seven goats whose owner had died unexpectedly and her family were at a loss as to what to do with the animals. We found homes for five of the “herd” but had to

Joey arrived with us in April 2010 aged seven years. His lifelong companion had died in the February of that year and since his departure Joey had been very lonely. Life changed for him when his owners decided to move but were moving to a house with no land so

Horace and Wilfred came to us in 2003 from Sunderland, they were part of a herd of seven goats whose owner had died unexpectedly and her family were at a loss as to what to do with the animals. We found homes for five of the “herd” but had to

We do not know much of Gemma’s past life What we do know is that Gemma belonged to an elderly lady who died and she was foisted onto one of our committee members who, having no goats of her own, passed Gemma on to us in order for her to

When Dobby arrived here he thought he had died and gone to goat heaven, Dobby had lived on his own all his life since being bought by his owners as a kid and had no idea that there were so many other goats in the world.I think his owners were

George is otherwise known as Georgeous George because he is! George is a large pygmy goat and very handsome, he came to us in 2007 after his unhappy owner contacted us to say he was out of control. George had a caravan to live in at night and was tethered