Police are faced with some unusual tasks, but this one is particularly strange.

Officers from the New South Wales Rescue and Bomb Disposal unit have stepped in to save a silly billy who got himself into a little trouble.

We’re not kidding, this silly billy was found in a Sydney canal!

This goat wasn’t so gruff when he was spotted drowning in a canal near Marrickville Golf Club. Two Officers from the Rescue and Bomb Disposal Unit helped him up the embankment to safety. pic.twitter.com/0OrWFiFXnQ

— NSW Police (@nswpolice) September 4, 2018

A goat was spotted by police drowning in a canal near Marrickville Golf Club.

Two officers stepped in and saved the struggling animal.

By all accounts, the little goat is a little wet and dirty but is doing just fine.

Images: Twitter/@nswpolice