A sickly mountain goat put down by wildlife trooper Ricky Merritt this week will be sent for a necropsy.
Assistant area wildlife biologist Anthony Crupi said the animal was weak and disoriented, with crusty scabs near its nose and mouth when it was put down near 7.5 Mile Haines Highway.
“If you saw the way she looked, it’s bad,” Crupi said. “She smelled like she’d been dead for weaks.” The nanny goat weighed 95 pounds,…
