New goat

Silent terror

Deworming pill

Bleat families

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Horns locked

Over goat's 'drinking habit'

Black Bengal goat farming can aid small farmers in Bihar and Odisha

The breed’s advantages include low capital investment, prolific breeding, early sexual maturity, high-quality skin, low kidding intervals, …

Environmental scapegoats

Are goats responsible for increasing desertification? No, say many environmentalists and researchers. In fact, this hardy animal …

Lean pastures

Drought and a viral disease strike Jaisalmer’s livestock. Kurush Canteenwala finds out how the herders are coping

Stop ignoring them

As some Indian goats have an unique genetic make-up

GM fields

How resilient are indigenous goats to climate change

Indian scientists have identified biomarkers to reflect the impact of heat stress on meat characteristics and productivity in goats

Biting cold for pashmina

Thousands of changra goats die of starvation as record snow buries pastures

A scapegoat?

The government views goats as the greatest enemy of the environment

A $996-million plan to eradicate deadly sheep and goat plague

At least 300 million families are likely to benefit by wiping out Peste des Petits Ruminants

Getting EU's goat

GM anticoagulant not kosher

Pastures gone

Controversy over J&K government's plan to revive Mughal road

The GM snare

Medicinal plants help animals digest better

ICAR-CIRG signs MoU to transform India’s goat value chain

Agreement to increase goat productivity, provide advanced training in breeding and healthcare practises and foster sustainability  

Centre withdraws proposed livestock bill amid criticism

The proposed bill will open floodgates for an unregulated import and export of animals and also spoil the gene pool of native animals, say activists

Fatal fashion

Cashmere fetish causing extinctions in Central Asia

The goat gamble

It has been a slow and steady shift over decades. Forced by declining returns from farming in ecologically fragile areas, small farmers have been …

Act before vicious cycle sets in

Without a grazing policy the goat economy can go bust

Deadly livestock disease continues to spread across world

Georgia recently reported its first-ever case of ovine rinderpest, also known as ovine rinderpest, while a new outbreak has occurred in the Maldives