Ha! Well, one was Criminal Intent (even though I do think old CI was very good, and its director just no longer knows where to go), and the other was, er, an ill-regarded anime with the initials DBZ, if you must know.

Yeah, goats felt like a Lovecraftian kind of animal, although the whole thing is actually based on a ghost story I heard as a kid that really scared/stayed with me. A lot of cultures/religions have goat issues, I guess.

I like both stories, but I like Rats more (I didn't see the whole human-cattle thing coming). Xenophobia + misanthropy is a good way to describe it, I think. Lucky for the rest of us that his psychological/social issues manifested in interesting/nightmarish/flexible ways!