We think goats often get badly neglected and it is overlooked because people don't really know about them. The problem is, lots of people want them as pets but think they are easy to keep because they are livestock- some of the worst cases of abuse we have seen have been in goats.
Jack was so thin when we got him, the vet couldn't find any muscle on him to give a needle and his back was bald because he had mange- the owner didn't even realise there was a problem, she had him tethered on the lawn with short grass, no hay and fed him horse mix. He was very nearly dead when we got him.