Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (March 13, 2024) Santa Barbara, CA – The Santa Barbara Zoo is excited to announce a new, endearing animal encounter that ...

Scientific name & origin: Capra aegagrus hircus, originally the Cameroon (West African) dwarf goat, brought to Europe and the US mid-20th century and recognized as a West Africa derived African dairy ...

Recently, I was a guest of an effervescent sexagenarian who is an ex-banker with an obsessive passion for farming. His entrepreneurial adrenaline still keeps gushing like a broken pipe. What started ...

The soft ears, the noble horns, the handsome hooves, those bewitching eyes: Caprine critters do captivate us with their goatly glamour. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. It isn ...

Miniature cows, goats and donkeys and other mini animals are seeing a surge in popularity, according to animal breeders. Sales of small farm animals have grown since the COVID-19 pandemic, breeders ...

Reporting from NCUNJANA, South Africa — Mvezelwa Mhlabunzima stands in a wooden pen of a hundred or so shaggy young goats and points out his charges, one by one. “This one’s a twin,” he says, ...

They’re adorable. They require less food and space. And without much coaxing, they might help cut the grass. Americans are showing more interest in owning miniature cows, goats, donkeys and other ...