GOAT

The goat is one of the first domesticated animals. Domesticated in the Middle East, about 9 thousand years ago. The ancestor of the domestic goat was the wild bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus), which until today is found from the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea through Asia Minor, the Armenian Highlands and Western Asia to Central Asia.

Most males and females have a beard, and the body is covered with straight hair. Its length and quality depend on the breed.

Goats feed on grass and young shoots of trees and shrubs. They quickly absorb a large amount of food, and in between meals they chew their cud.

The goat is an undemanding animal, often content with very poor pastures. Goats climb well, can graze in places inaccessible to other livestock.