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A goat which was starved and force fed cocaine has begun a new life on a rescue farm.

Whisky the goat went viral after his former owner Sergio Palomares-Guzman, 28, a horse trainer from Grayson, Georgia, posted a video of the animal being forced to drink whisky and eat cocaine in January.

Mr Palomars-Guzman was charged with aggravated cruelty and the goat as taken away by animal control.

After hearing about the video, Kyla Jones president and founder of SNAP2IT pet rescue in Atlanta contacted Animal control and said she would take the goat.

Speaking to WPXI News she said she couldn’t watch the video because it made her too angry.

“Cocaine and whisky is a first,” she said.

“Most people want to save that for themselves.”

Ms Jones said she decided to name the goat Whisky.

“We tried to think of all kinds of names. We named him Whisky. It just suits him.”

When Whisky first came to SNAP2IT he was severely underweight and afraid of people.

“You could see his backbone, ribs and hip bones,” Ms Jones said.

Volunteers had to coax the goat to eat by offering it pieces of vegetables and fruit.

Since arriving at the rescue centre Whisky has put on 15 pounds.

“Now, he loves his veggies. He loves salad and lettuce and apples and grapes, anything we can give him he loves,” Ms Jones said.

SNAP2IT volunteers have worked hard to nurse Whisky back to health.

He has undergone de-worming treatment and has regular health check-ups.

“We want to make sure he is healthy and make sure he doesn’t have any residual effects,” Ms Jones said.

Since being rescued Whisky has become more social and has learned to trust humans again.

Ms Jones said that he has grown to love human attention.

“He is a love bug,” she said. “He is the sweetest goat.”