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Goats one of the the oldest domesticated animals, were domesticated 10,000 years ago -
Through changing of goods and services, goats ended up spreading towards Africa into the Ethiopian Highlands through the years -
Goats were among the first animals brought to America by Columbus -
Spanish settlers brought Swiss breeds along with Spanish and Austrian goats -
A variety of small goats of the West African Dwarf group of breeds of West Africa were imported from zoos in Germany to the United States
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Dairy goat production in the United States began growing and larger commercial farms were becoming increasingly important, driven by rising demand for goat cheese -
Dairy goat numbers in the USA doubled
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The last bucardo, an extinct goat, called Celia, died in the year 2000. One of the attempted pregnancies was a success and a female bucardo was born. It died 10 mins later due to lung defect
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Goats have been used as a model to study the differentiation of gonads
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Rasputin is a Walliser black-necked goat who lives in Austria and has the world’s largest horn spread for a living goat, as verified by Guinness World Records. The 8-year-old’s horns measure 53.23 in. -
Born on May 10 with a single, enormous eye in the center of its face, a baby goat has survived a surprising eight days in a village in Assam, India