Police rescued an Abbotsford woman held hostage by a marauding goat that trapped her in her home Monday afternoon.

Debra Giuliani, who lives in the 4500 block of Lefeuvre Road, called APD's non-emergency line at 12:50 p.m. to report that she couldn't get out of her house because a goat kept ramming the door, said Const. Ian MacDonald.

"She essentially calls and says she's being held captive in her house by her neighbour's goat," said MacDonald.

"The goat is kicking her car, head-butting her barbecue and attacking her every time she attempts to get outside."

Giuliani took the very reasonable step of pitching empty Corona beer bottles at the animal in an attempt to get it to move on, MacDonald said.

"But it looks like the goat was holding out for a full bottle because it wasn't going anywhere."

Giuliani's anxiety grew with the goat's aggression and she eventually felt she was running out of options.

"It was definitely agitated. I would try and go out and he'd come up the steps and start kicking the door trying to get in," she told the Times.

Her two trusty dogs, a bichon frise and a toy poodle, refused to come to her aid.

"My dogs ran into the house and hid. They were in their beds shaking."

She called animal control, but a recorded message said the facility was closed, so she phoned police and two APD officers were dispatched to help out.

Upon arrival, a junior officer got out his car and repeatedly poked the goat with a branch in a fruitless effort to get the creature to move off. He also tried to coax it down the driveway with broccoli and carrots from his lunch to no avail.

"It appears the goat was more determined [than the officer] because it just stood there staring," said MacDonald.

Giuliani proposed a more effective tactic.

"Look buddy, just Taser him," she said. A second officer with 30 years on the force watched the scene unfold for some minutes before he marched up to the goat, grabbed its broken lead and passed him off to an animal control officer who had arrived on scene.

The officer's decisive action allowed the victim to get on with her day, said MacDonald.

"We were able to help this woman regain her freedom and enjoyment of her property," he concluded.

Giuliani said her animal encounter has provided her and her family with a lot of laughs.

"It's hysterical," she said. "I grew up on a ranch up north and have never experienced anything like this.

"You couldn't get within 10 feet of this thing, it stunk so bad."