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10 Ιουλ 2021 · Wild goats are seen in the lava fields during the Ironman World Championships on October 12, 2019 in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. Getty Images. Story at a glance. A herd of invasive goats threaten...
26 Μαΐ 2017 · Originally given as gifts to the Hawaiian people, these domesticated animals eventually escaped and rapidly reproduced, creating large populations of wild goats that live in the semi-barren...
29 Ιουλ 2022 · The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources estimates there are 2,000 wild goats across 100,000 acres on Hawaiʻi Island. Kanalu Sproat works with the department’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife, which is doing what it can to maintain the animal’s exploding population.
The Hawaiian Ibex goat is a feral domestic goat that returned to a wild state on the Hawaiian Islands over 250 years.
More. Range: Hawaiʻi Island, Maui, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi. Region of origin: Europe. Date of first introduction: 1778 (Niʻihau), ~1778 (Hawaiʻi island) Average size: 25 kg to 55 kg. Litter frequency: 1 to 2 per year. Litter size: 1 to 2 (twinning common) Home range: Female - 13.3 ± 4,7 km , Male - 40.0 ± 7.9 km.
Introduced feral goat populations provided meat, milk, hides, and hunting opportunities for colonists and indigenous people alike, but these benefits came at a cost. Isolated island ecosystems are the Earth’s most fragile.
For two centuries, feral goats plagued what is now Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. In the end, controlling them required hunting, fencing and a bit of ungulate espionage.
