Beloved Miniature Goats Stolen from Victorian Primary School

Students at a north-east Victorian primary school are reeling after two miniature goats, beloved by the school community, went missing from their paddock during the holidays.

The goats, affectionately named Blackberry and Thorn by students at St Francis of Assisi Primary School in Baranduda, disappeared sometime between Sunday and Monday afternoon. The pair are cared for by students as part of the school's "goat club".

Cattle and goat club teacher Suzie Patrala said the goats were just four months old and had been bottle-fed twice daily by students.

"We're very devastated that the two have gone missing," Ms Patrala said.

Ms Patrala said the out-of-school-care program had been feeding and playing with the goats daily, and it was then that they discovered two were missing.

"We have assumed and hoped they had escaped, but no, they have their own pen within a locked paddock," she said.

Ms Patrala said it appeared the goats had been stolen. The school's paddock is secured to prevent escape, and the school also has two guard alpacas, Bruce and Terry, which have previously killed foxes, ruling out predation.

The school runs a cattle club with Dexter cattle, giving students the opportunity to participate in local agriculture shows. The goat club was started so younger students could learn how to care for smaller animals.

"If someone does have our goats, please care for them because we care for them a lot," Ms Patrala said.

"They are still babies, they still need to be bottle-fed once a day. If you could bring them back to our school, back to our little community, that would be very, very, very much appreciated."

Ms Patrala described Blackberry as completely black and Thorn as black with long grey ears and some grey through the coat. Victoria Police have been informed of the incident, and the school is urging anyone with information to come forward.