A goat on a rampage in Oamaru has been tasered by police.
Animal control officers were alerted to a "large, rogue goat" that was reported disrupting traffic on State Highway 1 this morning, Fairfax reported.
The beast bolted, bounding over several fences, before the council workers lost sight of it.
Police were then called to a property where the goat had been cornered in a garage by a small dog.
"Unfortunately it was pretty stressed out and quite uncooperative, so I tasered it," Senior Constable Carl Pedersen told Fairfax.
Police, animal control officers and a vet were unable to calm the animal, so it had to be euthanised.
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