From: Forum of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub
Dear colleagues here is an interesting short video about how a herd of Old Irish Goats are being deployed in the hills outside Dublin to eat vegetation that fuels wildfires as part of a conservation grazing project.
https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2022/09/09/meet-the-goat-herder-of-howth-head/
'This nimble-footed hardy breed, can easily access terrain – that man and machine cannot, and often should not! They have fully-adapted to the Irish climate and the landscape. As a primitive breed they have a wider grazing palate than that of modern breeds. In fact they can thrive on wild forage!
Dr Tom Campbell Department of International Development, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland. website: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/international-development
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