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Jon Stewart Rescues Goats That Wandered Onto NYC Subway Tracks

Comedy is easy. Saving animals is hard.
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General Assignment Reporter, HuffPost

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Jon Stewart perhaps hasn’t gotten this kind of billing since he hosted “The Daily Show.”

New York City’s transit authority called the comedian the “GOAT” after he helped rescue two wayward goats who wandered onto subway tracks in Brooklyn Monday morning.

Stewart teamed with the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York, to provide the two animals a home after their two-hour escapade on a public transportation rail.

Check out Stewart helping to corral the beasts, reportedly named Willy and Billy, into a transport vehicle. 

The goats were spotted wandering the outdoor tracks along the N line, prompting some lighthearted barnyard humor.

Animal Care and Control eventually tranquilized the two ― the cue for the animal-loving Stewart, who in 2016 saved a runaway bull from the slaughterhouse, and the Farm Sanctuary to take center stage and get their deserved G.O.A.T. props.

The New York Times reported that Stewart and his wife, Tracey, who opened a Farm Sanctuary branch on their New Jersey farm, accompanied the animals for part of the way to Watkins Glen.

Enjoy your new home, Willy and Billy. And don’t forget it was comedy that saved you.

Before You Go

7 Things You Didn't Know About Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart's grandfather was born in Inner Mongolia.(01 of07)
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Jon Stewart's grandfather Nathan Laskin was born in Mongolia in 1906 and was later raised in Tientstin, China, which was home to a well-developed, albeit small, Jewish community.

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Jon Stewart's first TV appearance was on a children's TV show in 1971.(02 of07)
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Stewart was 9 years old when he and his school band had a guest spot on a popular children's TV show "Captain Noah and His Magical Ark." (He played trumpet.)

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Jon Stewart actually worked at Comedy Central before it was Comedy Central.(03 of07)
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Around 1990, Stewart was hired to write for a show called "The Sweet Life," which ran on HBO's Comedy Channel. That cable channel would later transform into what is now Comedy Central.

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Jon Stewart met his wife Tracey on a blind date, which was a first for both of them.(04 of07)
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One of Tracey's friends fixed her and Stewart up and the two met at a Mexican restaurant. Tracey was so over the dating scene at this point that she almost didn't go.

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Jon Stewart proposed to Tracey through a New York Times crossword.(05 of07)
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Stewart enlisted the help of New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz to add marriage proposal clues to the paper's infamously difficult crossword. Many of the puzzle's clues had special meaning specifically for Tracey.

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Jon Stewart turned Stephen Colbert onto political satire.(06 of07)
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"I didn't enjoy political humor until I started working with Jon," says Stephen Colbert. "And then I found I had a stronger [political point of view] than I imagined."

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Jon Stewart may come back to the show... as a CORRESPONDENT.(07 of07)
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When asked about his successor, Trevor Noah, Stewart said, "He's a tremendous comic and talent that we've loved working with." Stewart then added that he "may rejoin as a correspondent just to be a part of it!!!" (credit:Laura Cavanaugh via Getty Images)
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