For something a bit different try goat meat with peanut sauce, a popular dish in West Africa. 6 to 8 servings Oil — 2 tablespoons Goat, cut... »
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Milk Teeth
Unless you’re living in your barn and taking regular peeks into your goats’ mouths, you may never see a kid’s milk teeth. Lucky for you, Linda at LinderCroft’s Goats recently found some and took a picture for us. »
Myotonic Goat Show
The Myotonic Goat Registry has announced the date and guidelines for its 2010 goat show. Normally this might not be of note to anyone outside the myotonic (better known as fainting) goat community, but it brought to mind a thought. I was just wondering if there would be someone on staff to blow an air... »
Pet Goat Slain, Head Returned
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A $2,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the reprehensible people who stole a pet goat and then returned its head to the grieving owners’ yard. Andy was kidnapped in the wee hours of the morning from the home where he lived with his brothers, Opie and Barney. His head... »
Goats and Lupercalia …
Luprecalia may be the most likely predecessor to the modern Valentine’s Day, says Yes Weekly in this roundup of Valentine’s Day Myths and Legends: “Lupercalia was celebrated in Ancient Rome to run evil spirits from the city as to allow fertility and prosperity to flourish. Lupercus was the Roman equivalent to Pan, a shepherd god... »
Mercedes and Goats Don’t Mix
The story of a goat, a baby blue Mercedes and leather seats just too delicious to ignore. »
President’s Daily Goat Sacrifice
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has had a black goat sacrificed nearly every day since taking office in September 2008 to ward off “black magic” curses and the “evil eye.” The hundreds of sacrifices have occurred at the presidential palace, where Zardari touches each black goat before slaughter, spokesman Farhatullah Babar told The Hindustan... »
The Winners Are…
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Name That Goat contest at the Oklahoma City Zoo has concluded and the names of their 12 new Nigerian Dwarf goats have been chosen. The contest rules stated that names must be of cities in Oklahoma and the most oft offered would be chosen. Of 4,398 votes from 588 voters,... »
Take This Goat Survey, Please
A California researcher who studies human-animal bonds, is conducting the first known survey on human relationships with goats. Lee Zasloff, of American River College, Sacramento, wants to present her study at an international conference in June and needs your help. She doesn’t ask for any identifying information. This user-friendly online questionnaire asks about your experience with... »
iTunes App for Goat Lovers
It takes a odd mentality to create an app that makes your phone “baaa” but iTunes has done it. AppShopper.com says iTunes has made it possible to have the charming sound of goats at your fingertips complete with baa-ing and “goat noises”. Just download the app, shake your phone and you have goat fun galore. As... »
Goat Smuggling
Getting goats into the United States from Canada can be an exercise in frustration and ingenuity. Judy Ross at Get the Whole Picture tells us about three nice little ladies who just couldn’t cross the border until creativity and a lack of sea sickness saved the day. This story highlights the difficulties of transporting livestock across... »
Darren Nixes ‘Britain’s Got Talent’
Dareen, the waving goat from White Post Farm near Nottingham, England, has declined an offer to appear at live auditions for the show. As Anthony Moore, Darren’s spokesperson, told This Is Nottingham, ”They want Darren to appear on stage in front of Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden. Sure, we’d get good press out of... »
Capri-Croc? Ancient goat is a new find.
It’s not every day that archaeologists announce the discovery of a creature that can grace the pages of All Things Goat but earlier this month they did. The Balearic Island cave goat, aka mouse goat, is easily recognizable as a goat but adapted to its world in a reptilian way enabling it to thrive during periods less... »
Cab Driver Linked to Hot Goats
AFLAO, Ghana — Police arrested a taxi driver transporting five stolen pregnant goats. Driver Adotevi Addovi, 32, told police the goats were given to him in Anlo-Afiadenyigba by his brother-in-law whose name he could not give. »
Divorce: He Got The Goat
A cute story from The Australian about a man who got his wife’s goat in a divorce settlement and has made the goat a key part of his life. »

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