Individually the goat is the most destructive of all plant-eating mammals. Owing to its agility it is able to open up tracks into localities which were hitherto inaccessible to animals not so sure-footed and thus assists deer and their like in their destructive work. St. Helena, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, and many other lands have grievously suffered as the result of the ravages of goats. In New Zealand we have the common goat, angora goat, chamois and thar busy in very considerable numbers, seriously destroying protective forests and much other vitally essential high-country plant life. Photo courtesy Royal, Nelson.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 59, 1 February 1941, Page 8
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98Individually the goat is the most destructive of all plant-eating mammals. Owing to its agility it is able to open up tracks into localities which were hitherto inaccessible to animals not so sure-footed and thus assists deer and their like in their destructive work. St. Helena, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, and many other lands have grievously suffered as the result of the ravages of goats. In New Zealand we have the common goat, angora goat, chamois and thar busy in very considerable numbers, seriously destroying protective forests and much other vitally essential high-country plant life. Photo courtesy Royal, Nelson. Forest and Bird, Issue 59, 1 February 1941, Page 8
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