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Baby goat stolen from Arizona State Fair petting zoo

GusGus, a baby goat, is seen at the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix in this October 2015 photo provided by Emilie Owen. Fair officials say GusGus was taken from the petting zoo at the fair Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015,  leaving his mother without her kid. (AP photo/Courtesy of Emilie Owen)
GusGus, a baby goat, is seen at the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix in this October 2015 photo provided by Emilie Owen. Fair officials say GusGus was taken from the petting zoo at the fair Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, leaving his mother without her kid. (AP photo/Courtesy of Emilie Owen)

PHOENIX (AP) – A baby pygmy goat has been taken from a petting zoo at the Arizona State Fair, leaving a mother without her kid.

Petting zoo manager Emilie Owen says GusGus went missing Wednesday sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. and immediately notified security.

Owen says GusGus, a pygmy goat that weighs less than 5 pounds, can easily fit under a jacket or a purse.

She says the animal’s mother, Custard, has been crying for him.

According to Owen, the baby goat needs his mother’s milk to survive.