Pranksters steal goat from petting zoo, return it with painted nails

October 11, 2012 - 5:03 pm | Category: Weird

We’ve heard politicians talk about putting lipstick on a pig, but two California women took another approach and put nail polish on a goat — which they kid-napped from a local petting zoo.

A surveillance camera shows a woman hopping a fence and scooping up the goat, who’s described as “sweet and gentle,” before taking off with an accomplice. They fled the scene, but returned 24 hours later to return the critter, unharmed but pedicured, and adorned with hot pink polish.

The zoo’s owner is not looking to press charges, saying that the goat-borrowers may have already suffered enough. He says “[Goats] go to the bathroom a lot. I can only imagine what their house looks like. It’s kind of karma for them.