Wednesday, June 08, 2005

German woman with 43 goats

Talk about a collector!

German woman lays waste to property with 43 goats
Tue Jun 7, 3:11 PM ET
A German woman living with 43 goats was evicted from her rented house after the animals left "knee-high" piles of droppings around the garden and laid waste to the building's interior, authorities said on Tuesday.
A court in the southwestern town of Saarburg said the woman had been forced out because she was behind on her rent and had allowed the condition of the house to deteriorate to such an extent that it may have to be torn down.
"The goats' droppings were basically piled up knee-high around the garden, and inside the house everything was chewed up. And it stank," said court spokesman Manfred Grueter.
"It was total chaos," he added. "It's pretty doubtful as to whether the place can still be lived in."
The woman, a freelance artist in her early forties, had resisted eviction on the grounds her life with the goats had been used to create a "social sculpture" inspired by the German sculptor Joseph Beuys.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmmm...social sculpture, huh? Thanks for the interesting posts, Patrick. (It gives me something to do besides freak out about my upcoming foray into the working world.) I went to a party on Sunday night with a bunch of my friend's friends from her law firm. I was so jealous because they all knew each other and had their inside jokes and such and it really made me miss all of you guys. -Alison

2:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So if I don't become a crazy cat lady, I could always become a crazy goat lady! =)
I second the missing everyone! I keep thinking my vacation will end and I will be heading back to the VTH soon...
Erika H-S

11:21 PM  

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