By Eric Levenson @ejleven

Boston.com Staff | 01.26.15 | 11:59 AM

The famed Lowell goats month of freedom is finally over.

The large goat that escaped from a Tewksbury farm (and slaughterhouse) in late Decemberwho showed an almost-mythical ability to elude capturehas finally been caught along a Westford highway.

Danielle Genter, the Animal Rescue League of Bostons senior rescue technician, said the male goat was caught in a box trap sometime between last night and 8 a.m. Monday morning.

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The Lowell Suns Kyle Clauss snapped a photo of the goat in the makeshift trap.

The goats dramatic escape just after Christmas took on comedic-like proportions as police and residents failed to corral the horned animal. Much of the humorous escape was captured in amusing police scanner talk. A team of police tracked the goat, which had a rope around its neck, but it evaded capture by running between cars and jumping off a bridge to escape.

Police advised residents not to approach the goat, which was estimated to weigh 200 pounds.

He was one crazy goat, Frank Peabody, a Lowell resident who first called police about the runaway goat, told The Lowell Sun .

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Escaped Lowell Goat Finally Captured After Month of Freedom