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A number of control methods have been used to reduce feral goat numbers. These include shooting from the ground or helicopters, using Judas goats to pinpoint herds, mustering and trapping. However mustering, trapping and helicopter shooting are the main methods used to remove feral goats at present. Helicopter shooting is particularly useful in . . . → Read More: Control Methods For Feral Goats The Goat (Capra hircus) was one of the first animals to be domesticated, eight to ten thousand years ago. Most archaeological work indicates that the earliest attempts at domestication were in dry hills surrounding the Mediterranean basin. The ability of goats to utilise the coarse browse of such mountainous areas made them suitable for . . . → Read More: Feral Goats New Zealand Goats Goats (capra hircus) came to New Zealand at a very early stage in our European history. The first release was made by Captain Cook in 1773 at Queen Charlotte Sound, but these probably did not survive and it was the liberation Cook made on his third voyage, . . . → Read More: New Zealand Goats |
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