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News Articles: Goats

Four or five goats scrambled across San Francisco last week, captured in videos posted on social media. So how do goats fare in urban settings?

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  • Animals

Runaway goats in San Francisco were probably ... freaked out

The video of goats dashing through the streets of San Francisco drew thousands of views on Twitter and was the subject of much joking. We asked a goat specialist to weigh in.

March 16, 2023
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By:
  • Marc Silver
Two of our favorite hidden gems feature goats who take no guff and an ice sculptor from Kenya who defied skeptics.

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  • Global Health

Editors' pick: 8 great global stories from 2022 you might have missed

You'll read about a Kenyan ice sculptor, the risks to women from food insecurity, a poignant street encounter — and goats locking horns with sheep in a changing climate.

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Marc Silver
A female mountain goat in an alpine meadow in Montana's Glacier National Park. When goats competed with sheep for salt in the park, the goats won almost unanimously.

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  • Animals

High up in the mountains, goats and sheep faced off over salt. Guess who won

It was the unmovable force versus the unstoppable object as goats and sheep locked horns over salt licks newly exposed in a warming climate in Montana. A new study reports on this cage match.

October 18, 2022
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By:
  • Marc Silver
Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, an activist from Malawi, was one of six recipients of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize. Majiga-Kamoto has been campaigning to convince Malawi to implement a ban on thin plastics.

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  • Environment

Whatever happened to the Malawian anti-plastic activist inspired by goats?

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, after seeing goats dying from eating plastic bags, took on the plastic industry and won the Goldman Environmental Prize. But Malawi's plastic industry still poses challenges.

August 29, 2022
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By:
  • Julia Simon
Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, an activist from Malawi, is one of six recipients of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize. Majiga-Kamoto has been instrumental in implementing Malawi's ban on thin plastics.

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  • Environment

She Owes Her Big Environmental Prize To Goats Eating Plastic Bags

The demise of the bag-consuming herbivores led Gloria Majiga-Kamoto to push for Malawi to enact a promised ban on single-use thin plastic. Her activism has won her a 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize.

June 23, 2021
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  • Julia Simon
A herd of goats in Russia ponders ... well, we can't really know what they're pondering, but it's a safe bet they're interested in finding something to eat.

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  • Animals

How Goats (And Perhaps People) Make Up Their Minds

How does a herd decide which direction to head in? Researchers put GPS collars on a gathering of goats to find out. Here's what they learned — and how it might apply to humans.

February 27, 2021
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  • Marc Silver
A reader asks: I want to have a private cuddle session with some goats but am concerned that the goats may have cuddled with other people. What's the COVID risk? Note: The goat and human in the photo above are part of the same pandemic pod.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQs: If I Have No Post-Vaccine Pain, Is It Working? Plus: Goat Dilemma!

Readers are asking about vaccine protocols, the safest way to take off a mask, whether it's risky to engage in therapeutic cuddling sessions with goats.

February 12, 2021
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By:
  • Maria Godoy,
  • Pranav Baskar,
  • and 1 more

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  • Global Health

Goat Sales For Eid Were Tanking Due To The Pandemic. So Marketers Got Creative

It's been hard to sell the sacrificial animal in India for the Eid al-Adha holiday amid COVID-19. Goat dealers are trying everything from a pageant hosted by a TikTok star to WhatsApp orders.

July 31, 2020
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By:
  • Sandip Roy
A herd of goats is charged with clearing a Savannah cemetery of invasive plants like kudzu and poison ivy, some of their favorite foods.

Industrious Goats Clear Savannah's Invasive Vines

Savannah has a new landscaping crew, made up of goats. It's an increasingly popular way to clear vegetation.

June 26, 2018
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By:
  • Emily Jones

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