Efforts are underway to restrict pack goats in some public lands because of concerns for transferring disease that can kill bighorn sheep. “While that’s been connected to domestic sheep, recent ...

Robert Hatton-Fearnley got the idea of training goats to carry hiking gear while on a camping trip with his dad. "He's 60 years old and carrying a 50-pound pack," he said. "Like, if I want to keep ...

So you've heard of pack donkeys and pack alpacas - but what about a pack ... goat? Rachel Karneffel works at Foghorn Farm and has a few goats that she's working on training - to be pack goats. Kind of ...

While goats can also carry movi, Desarae points out that a small pack goat herd is different from hundreds or thousands of free-ranging sheep. The treasurer for North American Packgoat Association, ...

“Pack goats make my life easy,” said Howie Halcomb, a hunter who pursues game with the rigor of a backcountry athlete. The 38-year-old sportsman said pack goats are ideal companions for hiking to ...