Agitated animals aggravate agents

They face challenges every day but dealing with frightened animals during the wildfire crisis proved a bit daunting for even the most seasoned Border Patrol agents who rescued some 136 animals during the wildfire crisis.

One agent was bit on the finger by a parrot, another was dragged down the road by a donkey and another had to deal with a frightened goat that kept spitting water from a bucket as the agent tried to save it.

The menagerie also includes horses, dogs, cats, a potbellied pig, a steer and even a llama.

The agents, who are staged at the Lakeside Rodeo ground, used four Border Patrol trailers to rescue the pets.
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Shawn Gisler reflected, "It wasn't always easy."

-Debbi Farr Baker, staff writer