goats

On this, there is no reason to kid — Adriana Lopes is right at home with her four pet goats. Lopes, an emergency room nurse at Holy Family Hospital in Haverhill, Massachusetts, is touting the animals’ stress-relieving qualities. “Goats were never in my future vision in life,” she said. It all started with a night out on the town for…

Officials with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture say as consumers increasingly seek locally-produced and artisan food options, and with goat cheese remaining popular, more people are considering exploring goat or sheep farming. Such a path is also one of many possible solutions to bolstering the dairy industry through its economic challenges, agricultural business development officials have said. The cow’s...

As consumers increasingly look to explore locally-produced and artisan food options, and with goat cheese remaining quite popular, agriculture officials in Vermont say they are getting more and more calls from people looking to explore goat or sheep farming.

The baby goat was rejected by its mom after it was born.

It’s natural for a horse to get nervous before a big race like the Kentucky Derby. Here’s how goats provide emotional support to the thoroughbreds.

A group of goats is causing trouble in one neighborhood in Hampton, New Hampshire. Police have gotten involved and one neighbor has filed a lawsuit. Jessica Lapa Beals, who lives on Esker Road, has had Megan the goat since the animal was a baby. “My kids bottle fed them,” Beals said about Megan and her sister. She admits that she…

A Connecticut museum and early learning center offered kids a unique opportunity to play with, comb, feed and dress goats.

Actual goats strutted around the streets of Boston on Saturday, sporting some custom-made Patriots jerseys. The parade of goats made their way through Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, much to the delight of anyone who happened to be nearby.

A herd of goats was found roaming the Buckhead district of Atlanta after escaping from a nearby Kroger.

Vilmaria Maldonado loves her goats, named George Washington, Democrat and Republican. Now she’s fighting to save their lives. Officials in Massachusetts gave her until Monday to kill the six-month-old animals, as The Lowell Sun first reported. But she says she won’t do it, she won’t let the state do it and she wants her day in court. Maldonado’s boyfriend, David...

A woman in Tewksbury who keeps goats as pets is being told that they must be slaughtered. But she’s fighting to keep the goats alive.

Around 220 goats are helping San Diego Gas & Electric take a bite out of potential wildfire ignition sources and carbon emissions.

A farm in Manchester, Connecticut, got a special visit from Kevin Bacon. He took a trip to Aussakita Acres Farm to pick up a couple goats for his farm.

The Pittsburgh nonprofit Allegheny Goatscape uses a “friendly herd of goats” to clear overgrown land.

A Colorado yoga studio has found a unique new mission for kids who have grown too big to take part in their popular “goat yoga” sessions. They now hit the trails west of Denver, Colorado, as hiking companions.

A farm in Middle Grove, New York, has seen business skyrocket thanks to a new option on their snowshoe trail: goats! “Into The Woods Farm” owner Phaedra Zoe Stasyshyn says she had no idea how popular it would be, especially during a pandemic. Snowshoers choose the length of the trek, and whether to have goats or not. Most people choose...

A herd of firefighting goats, who normally eat brush that could fuel wildfires, have been left without work due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Their owners are asking for help.

Vermont’s capital city is going to be using goats again as a way to control poison ivy and other unwanted plants without herbicides.