New goat

Silent terror

Deworming pill

Bleat families

Accents>> Goats • UK

Horns locked

Over goat's 'drinking habit'

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

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

Costly silence

No one is debating where goats will graze

Letters

Goat plague hits Kenya