The neighbor’s smelly he-goat

I have been raised with a lot of goats in my environment and know a thing or two about that particular breed of animal. 

What I know for sure is that the male, commonly called he-goat or buck, can smell intensely bad and a lot, like let’s say a skunk, so you get the type of fragrance! 

A lady who lives about half-a-mile from us, as the crow flies, has decided to have such a male goat as a pet, and during rut season, that is, the days are getting shorter in July and through early winter, we get a whiff of his scent when we get close to his enclosure. 

His scent glands are located behind the horns and the system is powerful enough for any female goat, luck enough to stroll by, to notice. 

To make the stench worst, and disgustingly so, the buck pees all over his front legs and beard during the rut. When the female pees, the buck sticks his nose in the urine as it comes out. He also rubs his head in the spot on the dirt where he pees. With his head covered with mud and urine, the buck takes great pride in his elaborate odor. 

I wouldn’t want to be a neighbor to that household; if I did, I’d lodge a complaint, but unfortunately even though our city has an ordinance against animals that “cause unreasonable fouling of the air by odors”, I wouldn’t be too sure about the outcome. 

That lady simply is a big jerk, totally oblivious of the plight of her close neighbors. You may say a he-goat is better than a pet tiger or a python, but think of the poor animal that has no space to roam and no social life. 

That’s a situation simply too cruel and selfish on the part of the owner who should deserve the same kind of isolation!