Alicudi: Italian island offers goats up for adoption - BBC News

A remote Italian island where goats outnumber humans six to one is trying to give them away.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The goats have become a problem for the residents of AlicudiBy Hafsa KhalilBBC NewsThe local mayor of a remote Italian island overrun with wild goats is offering to give them away.

The idea came to Riccardo Gullo after a census estimated their population to be six times the human population of 100.

Experts at navigating the steep landscape of Alicudi, in the Aeolian archipelago north of Sicily, the goats have become a problem as they damage gardens and allotments.

Applications to "adopt a goat" must be received by 10 April.

Wild goats have lived in Alicudi for years, and previously spent most of their time on the volcanic island's rugged mountains and cliffs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68731003

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