Leroy Brown and Wescott are walking from the Space Needle in Seattle to New York’s Time Square to raise money for an orphanage for children in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the Needle2Square project.
The culprit might just have been the bread a man sneaked and fed Leroy while Wescott helped distribute food Tuesday at the Fairborn Senior Citizen Center as part of a food bank program, said Needle2Square Project Manager Jenny Falk.
“He ate too much people food,” she said. “People like to feed the goat. Their system isn’t really made to handle that kind of thing.”
Leroy Brown is being cared for by Dr. Dana King and his staff at Northside, 10 Critter Court. The facility is donating its services.
Other than the stomach ailment being treated by fluids and electrolytes antibiotics, the 8-year-old goat is in great shape, King said.
“This guy takes pretty good care of him,” he said. “We want to make sure we keep Leroy healthy. Goats will try to pick up anything to eat it.”
Leroy Brown stayed in the hospital a few days and will likely be released this weekend. King said the cross-country trek likely has little to do with the illness as the goat and Wescott are not rushing. They started the walk in 2012.
Falk said this is only the second time Leroy Brown has had an emergency. His hoof was fractured last winter while he tried to get away from a dog.
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