🕯️ LEGENDS GARDEN
🐐 Gary the Goat
Domestic goat (Capra hircus) · Toured Australia with his owner; died at Gatton, Queensland
Lives in Legends Garden
Australian comedian Jim Dezarnaulds, who performed as Jimbo Bazoobi, acquired Gary in 2011 in exchange for a case of beer at a show in Gingin, Western Australia, and the two spent years touring pubs together. In January 2013 police fined Dezarnaulds A$440 for letting Gary eat plants outside Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art; a magistrate threw the case out, and the story turned Gary into a national figure. Their Facebook page grew past 1.7 million followers. Gary was diagnosed with terminal arthritis in 2016 and was euthanised on 16 November 2017, aged six.
What they do
Stretches his neck out, tears off a mouthful of flowers, and chews sideways with the stems and petals still sticking out of the corner of his mouth..
The comedian's straight man. Eats the props, the set, and your paperwork.
Lore
- ★His owner got him in 2011 for a case of beer at a comedy show in Gingin, Western Australia.
- ★A Sydney magistrate dismissed the A$440 fine issued over Gary eating plants outside the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2013.
- ★Their Facebook page reached more than 1.7 million followers; the post announcing his death drew over 247,000 reactions in 24 hours.
- ★He was diagnosed with terminal arthritis in August 2016 and had a toe amputated that November before retiring from touring.
Helping the real one
No verified way to support this animal exists.
We will not invent one.
Gary died in 2017 and no fund or memorial charity exists in his name; the surviving pages are his owner's personal comedy accounts.
Where this comes from
- ABC News (Australia) Internet sensation Gary the goat dies on tour in Queensland ↗
- Wikipedia Gary the Goat ↗
- Know Your Meme Gary the Goat ↗
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