"Very unusual"

Herd of goats goes missing in the Tyrolean Sellrain Valley

The disappearance of a herd of goats in the Sellrain Valley in Tyrol is a "very unusual" event. They have been missing for several weeks. Some of the goats have since returned. The case is puzzling.

An entire herd of goats has been missing from the Sellrain Valley in Tyrol for several weeks. At the beginning of August, the animals disappeared from a farm in Gries im Sellrain, according to a report by ORF Tirol on Thursday. Despite search operations including drone flights and thermal imaging cameras, the herd has not yet been discovered. The disappearance of an entire herd, in this case consisting of 17 goats, is "very unusual", hunter Johann Haselwanter was quoted as saying.

Case is a mystery
The case puzzles the local hunting community. In August, a single goat had apparently returned completely distraught, said farmer Ingrid Schlögl. The herd also included several fawns. The fact that a goat returned to the field without her kids was "completely atypical". Schlögl still hoped to find the animals, which were presumably somewhere in the mountains.