Talk:Judas goat

Slaughter
I thought the term "Judas goat" predated transmitters and referred to a goat trained to lead sheep to slaughter.--Myron 15:40, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Blood
It was my understanding that a Judas Goat was needed to lead livestock into the slaughterhouse because the animals could smell blood and would shy away from it. Seeing another animal go into the area of apparent danger, however, would calm them and make them think it was safe to follow. The Judas Goat is specially trained or conditioned to overcome its natural aversion to the smell of blood. If this is true, it should be included, as it is important, but I am no farmer or rancher so I cannot vouch for its veracity. 165.91.65.126 (talk)RKH —Preceding comment was added at 22:21, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Context?
I removed the following line from the article:


 * A 'Judas Goat' is also a person used to go first to test for a safe route.

I've never hear of this, so if it should be replaced, please indicate context, e.g. "In US military slang, ..." or "In Boy Scout jargon ..." or whatever. --Slashme 07:08, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Removed the Following:
===Senator Dianne Feinstein=== Senator Feinstein has been compared to a Judas Goat. This apparently is due to her initiatives to ban so-called "Assault Weapons" and her stated objection to concealed carry licenses for citizens while carrying a firearm herself and enjoying the protection of security armed with the very weapons she wishes to ban. The implication is that she also is leading sheep to a slaughter in which her life and rights will be spared. See also Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Cuomo, Senator Schumer...

Seemed out of place compared to the rest of the article. There does seem to be some use of this term in political discourse, but most of what I could find was recent and the sources of small importance. I don't think this page should contain a list of people who have been referred to as a judas goat unless it's usage was consistent and widespread. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.54.58.4 (talk) 17:14, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

feral goat link is dead
like the title says the link sourcing the use of the phrase "judas goat" to feral goat hunting leads to a dead website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.195.165.114 (talk) 17:37, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

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Judas Goat
Thanks for the info. Was following up its use in Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch where it’s the title of chapter 9 (pp 235-262) as the hero, Peter Grant plays that role). 2A00:23C7:FB06:8901:C991:3895:E277:A4BF (talk) 19:56, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Popular Culture
Judas Goat is the title of a book of poems by Gabrielle Bates. 4.14.84.218 (talk) 23:24, 7 December 2022 (UTC)