GOT THE GOAT: Utah Cop Catches Escaped Animal After Hour-Long Chase

This is the moment a Utah police officer catches a goat that had been on the loose in a community after an hour-long chase.

Body-cam footage shows the final moments of the exhausting foot chase, which reportedly had the entire Barrington Park community in Taylorsville involved.

The footage was obtained by Newsflash from the Taylorsville Police Department, along with a statement saying: "Officer Griffith nabbed a goat over the weekend!

"The loose goat was roaming the Barrington Park neighbourhood Sunday morning, and Officer Griffith was able to capture it near 1330 West and 4200 South."

Griffith said police and Animal Control officers responded to the incident at around 11am after receiving calls about a loose goat trying to break in to the community, local media reported.

He added that as the pursuit was beginning to come to an end, the goat escaped from the community and ran into a resident's backyard.

At that point, Officer Griffith managed to catch up with the runaway goat and was able to capture it.

After successfully detaining the goat, it was safely removed from the resident's yard.

No injuries were reported.