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Health & Safety

Coronavirus FAQs: If I Have No Post-Vaccine Pain, Is It Working? Plus: Goat Dilemma!

6:47pm February 12, 2021

Readers are asking about vaccine protocols, the safest way to take off a mask, whether it's risky to engage in therapeutic cuddling sessions with goats.

Goat Sales For Eid Were Tanking Due To The Pandemic. So Marketers Got Creative

5:31pm July 31, 2020

by Sandip Roy

It's been hard to sell the sacrificial animal in India for the Eid al-Adha holiday amid COVID-19. Goat dealers are trying everything from a pageant hosted by a TikTok star to WhatsApp orders.

The goats check out a knitting store called Ewe Felty Thing in Llandudno, Wales. (Really, we couldn't make this up if we tried.)

World News

A Baaaad Crew Takes Over A Welsh Town: A Herd Of Goats

5:57pm March 31, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The town of Llandudno, Wales, has gone quiet, like so many other communities around the globe observing anti-coronavirus measures. Going into the breach: a herd of curious Kashmiri goats.

The markhor, pictured above, is a species of wild goat found in Pakistan as well as places like Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the Himalayas.

A U.S. Hunter Paid $110,000 To Shoot A Pakistani Goat

4:42pm February 14, 2019

by Marc Silver

A trophy hunting program aims to protect the national animal, a goat called the markhor. Local social media was full of protests. But there's another side to the story.

Some images from Goats and Soda's top stories of 2018. From left: changing the way we sit to fix back pain; is sleeping with your baby dangerous?; men walk near the site where the body of an 8-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered, was found.

7 Of Our Most Popular Global Health And Development Stories Of 2018

11:39am December 19, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

Our most-read articles gave helpful advice — like how to sit without hurting your back — shocking news and a glimpse of history. And there was one story about — what else? — goats!

The largest goat wisely wears the color of the season.

Health & Safety

Dear Internet: Goats In Sweaters Are Cuter Than Kittens In Mittens

5:39pm December 08, 2018

by Danielle Preiss

A woman from Iowa began taking pictures of goats in sweaters in Bangladesh and India. The owners thought she was crazy. But her work has made a difference in the lives of the locals, in a good way.

Screenshot from BBC's "Fighting fire with goats"

Health & Safety

Goats And Sheep (Indirectly) Fight Fires In Heartwarming BBC Video

4:51pm October 12, 2018

by Marc Silver

The animals are part of a collaboration with shepherds and firefighters to stop the spread of wildfires in northern Spain.

Warrior pose does not intimidate this kid.

Goat Yoga Is 'Preposterous,' Says Goat Yoga Teacher. It's Also ... Terrific!

1:04pm September 03, 2018

by Marc Silver

I'm not kidding! It is just plain fun to do yoga while curious little goats nibble and nuzzle.

Alan McElligott, a professor of animal behavior, is eager to learn more about goat-human interactions.

Health & Safety

Goats Might Prefer A Smile To A Frown, Study Says

6:09pm August 29, 2018

by Marc Silver

The goats in the study gravitated toward a photograph of a happy human face.

Disclaimer: These are not the goats that went on the lam in Boise. But they sure look just as sassy.

National

Kids These Days: Unruly Goats Graze Hell Across Suburban Boise

5:25pm August 03, 2018

More than 100 professional ungulates overran an Idaho neighborhood Friday, briefly tasting freedom — and a whole lot of manicured lawns while they were at it.