Lilly and Robin
Whatever life was like before, now it's paradise
The dwarf goats Lilly and Robin have been living at Gut Aiderbichl Deggendorf’s animal visitor centre for two months. The goats were confiscated, so we don’t know too much about their previous lives.
In principle, anyone can keep goats, as goat keeping does not require any special licences or personal requirements. The general legal requirements of the Animal Welfare Act (§2) must be observed, which means the following: the goats must be kept in a species-appropriate manner and their diet must meet their needs. Overall, the keeping of the two animals is unlikely to have been species-appropriate.
... and little Fienchen is also perfectly healthy
The keepers had probably noticed that Lilly was restless that morning, she wasn’t eating and wanted to be left alone. This is exactly how goats behave when they are about to give birth.
Little Fienchen is brown and white with black spots, combining the brown coat colour of her mum with the black and white coat of her dad. Lilly proudly presents her offspring, gently nudging Fienchen here and there with her nose. With loving, shining eyes, Lilly communicates with her baby, who is always hungry. No problem, because Lilly has plenty of milk.
Goats show their feelings by bleating in different ways, and so does Lilly. She currently has the happiest bleating in the whole wide world, because she has got two things in her life: together with her Robin, she now lives in safety, has enough to eat and lots of mates. The birth of their little Fienchen is a sign of happiness in the lives of Lilly and Tobin, a sign of a new beginning, so to speak.
When you visit our animals at the animal visitor centre in Deggendorf – pause and listen to where soft, gentle bleating – that’s where Lilly, Robin and their Fienchen live.
Love is not about looking at each other, but about looking in the same direction together.
~ Antoine de Saint Exupéry
