Vermont Standard
8/8/19
By Allan Stein
Standard Correspondent
KILLINGTON — Nearly a month after two baby goats were reported stolen from Hinterland Organic Farm in Killington, police say they have no new information in the case.
“We have no new leads at this point,” Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery said.
Following publicity over the theft, police received three leads — two from New Hampshire, one from Ticonderoga, New York — “none of which panned out, unfortunately,” Montgomery said.
He said there is “no other information or leads to go on.”
Hinterland owners Boris and Sheila Pilsmaker noticed the goats missing around 7 a.m. on July 8.
Police said the two goats were tethered to a 150-pound weight, which was also stolen. The couple had purchased the goats from One Chicken At a Time Farm owner Tina Tuckerman in South Woodstock a little over a month ago.
Police said the goats and equipment had a total value of around $250.
Boris Pilsmaker said he and his wife have come to terms the loss of their two billy goats, and they don’t expect to get them back.
“They’re gone. They’re never coming back,” he said.
In the meantime, the couple recently received a pair of new billy goats as a gift from Tuckerman, who felt it appropriate to help fellow farmers in need.
“Farmers take care of each other,” Tuckerman said. “Boris is older and needed an alternative to weed trimming. So the goats are a good fit.
“He takes very good care of them. I find it very sad someone would steal these goats for moral reasons or just as a joke,” Tuckerman said. “Farming is hard enough without things (being) stolen. If someone wanted goats that badly find a breeder. If they felt it was mean or inhuman that they were tethered, it is more inhuman to watch them get hit on Route 4.”
Boris said he is grateful for the replacement goats, saying it was a “very nice gesture.”
The Pilsmakers started Hinterland Organic Farm in 1998. They have owned Mountain Creamery in Woodstock since 1987.
8/8/19
By Allan Stein
Standard Correspondent
KILLINGTON — Nearly a month after two baby goats were reported stolen from Hinterland Organic Farm in Killington, police say they have no new information in the case.
“We have no new leads at this point,” Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery said.
Following publicity over the theft, police received three leads — two from New Hampshire, one from Ticonderoga, New York — “none of which panned out, unfortunately,” Montgomery said.
He said there is “no other information or leads to go on.”
Hinterland owners Boris and Sheila Pilsmaker noticed the goats missing around 7 a.m. on July 8.
Police said the two goats were tethered to a 150-pound weight, which was also stolen. The couple had purchased the goats from One Chicken At a Time Farm owner Tina Tuckerman in South Woodstock a little over a month ago.
Police said the goats and equipment had a total value of around $250.
Boris Pilsmaker said he and his wife have come to terms the loss of their two billy goats, and they don’t expect to get them back.
“They’re gone. They’re never coming back,” he said.
In the meantime, the couple recently received a pair of new billy goats as a gift from Tuckerman, who felt it appropriate to help fellow farmers in need.
“Farmers take care of each other,” Tuckerman said. “Boris is older and needed an alternative to weed trimming. So the goats are a good fit.
“He takes very good care of them. I find it very sad someone would steal these goats for moral reasons or just as a joke,” Tuckerman said. “Farming is hard enough without things (being) stolen. If someone wanted goats that badly find a breeder. If they felt it was mean or inhuman that they were tethered, it is more inhuman to watch them get hit on Route 4.”
Boris said he is grateful for the replacement goats, saying it was a “very nice gesture.”
The Pilsmakers started Hinterland Organic Farm in 1998. They have owned Mountain Creamery in Woodstock since 1987.
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