PHILADELPHIA -- An Angora goat apparently sickened from eating toxic vegetation has been cleared for duty at this weekend's Army-Navy Midshipmen Game in Philadelphia.
Bill 36 began Naval Academy mascot training this season. A month ago, it looked like he might not make it to the big game with his twin brother and two older goats nearing retirement.
Bill 36 was nauseated and struggling to breathe. He was rushed from Annapolis, Maryland, to the nearest large-animal hospital, the New Bolton Center outside Philadelphia.
Tests showed he might have eaten an azalea bush, which is toxic to goats.