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M Alison Savage of the Willacy County Livestock Show and Fair in South Texas said "We plan to let ol' Miss Willy lead a very sweet life going forward" after a weekslong search for the escaped rodeo goat finally came to an end when she got her head stuck in a fence.
Guns, cobras, and carjackings mark the middle of the week.
A 25-year-old man who owned a venomous forest cobra that escaped its enclosure two years ago was sentenced to 15 months of community supervision. Lawrence Matl was sentenced July 26,
Lawrence Matl received a sentence of 180 days in jail probated over 15 months, according to the district attorney's office, along with the additional caveat that he not own a pet reptile during that time.
The Grand Prairie man who owned a venomous cobra that escaped his home in August 2021 has received his sentence.