AN investigation has been launched after the body of another dead goat has been found dumped in a Hampshire street.

Residents have spoken of their shock after the goat was discovered in fields behind Cunningham Gardens, in Bursledon.

It comes just a week after another goat’s carcass was found dumped in the same street.

Teenager Amish Uddin, 18, a student at Itchen College was walking home from his job at Portswood Pizza Hut at around 7pm when he saw the animal near a bin in the fields behind his home.

He said: “Its legs were quite thin. Its fur was matted and it was covered in mud.

“It looked as if it had been there about an hour. It was definitely a goat – it had horns and everything.

“I felt really sick – and disgusted.

“Why would someone do that to a goat?

“I don’t know why someone would just kill an animal like that.”

In December a dead goat was reported to the RSPCA dumped in Wickham, and last week another was found at Newmans Hill.

And on Sunday the skinned remains of an unknown animal were found dumped in a lay-by on Ryedown Lane in Romsey. It was found by a Southampton couple out walking.

As reported RSPCA investigators believe the first goat found in Cunningham Gardens on January 13 “suffered terribly” before he died.

They have appealed for any information that might solve the mystery of the dead goats.

All the animals were found without tags, meaning their owners cannot t be identified.

Hampshire police say they are “not aware” of any reports of goats being stolen.

A police spokesperson said: “The Romsey report was made to us at around 10am yesterday.

“However, having looked at this there is no mention of this being a goat, or of it being linked to the goat incidents in Cunningham Gardens – it simply relates to an animal carcass suspected to have been dumped on Ryedown Lane.

“We have received reports of two incidents in which dead goats were found in Bursledon.

“Officers have been in contact with the RSPCA.”

Winchester City Council and Eastleigh Borough Council have been contacted for a comment.

A spokesperson for the RSPCA said: “We’d urge anyone with information about what has happened to these goats, or who knows where they have come from to contact our inspectorate appeal line 0300 123 8018 to help us investigate.”