Each weekend, Nathan Putnam loads up the kids and hits the trails. The kids, a handful of young goats, follow behind Putnam in a single-file line made up of adult female goats, called does, and ...
In this episode, Deborah Niemann is joined by Chris Gifford, president of the North American Packgoat Association (NAPgA), to talk about the growing challenges that pack goat owners face when it comes ...
Efforts are underway to restrict pack goats in some public lands because of concerns for transferring disease that can kill bighorn sheep. “While that’s been connected to domestic sheep, recent ...
IRVINGTON, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile County neighborhood is frustrated with an ongoing livestock problem. Residents in one Irvington neighborhood say a pack of goats is eating their crops, climbing on ...
TAHOE MEADOWS – Hikers, horses and bikes, sure … but goats on a trail? Yeah that’s right. Five goats took a break at the Tahoe Meadows trailhead on Friday after hiking a portion of the Tahoe Rim Trail ...
My Wyoming goat-packing trip sounded great -- except for the goat part. Horse-packing, donkey-packing, even llama-packing -- no problem. But who'd want to spend time with billy goats? I've been around ...
Nathan Putnam’s pack goats, seen here hiking in Boise, Idaho, can carry up to 60 pounds in panniers. The packs distribute the weight evenly on either side of the goat without putting pressure on the ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FOLSOM, Calif. (KTXL) — A large herd of ...
FRANKLIN, Ind. (WISH) — It wasn’t exactly a high speed chase, but a mother goat and her two kids kept Johnson County animal control officers busy Monday. Authorities believe the three goats got out of ...