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The Nigora is an American breed of small or medium-sized dual-purpose goat, raised both for its milk and for its fiber. [1] It is the result of cross-breeding Nigerian Dwarf bucks with does of mohair breeds such as the Angora. [2]: 22 [3]: 325
[5]: 33 The Nigerian Dwarf was formerly listed on the heritage breeds watchlist of the Livestock Conservancy as "recovering", [2] but was removed from the list in 2013. [6] In 2023 the total number of the goats in the United States was just under 40 000; [3] populations numbering 1000–2000 head are reported by Australia and Canada. [7]
Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs. Storey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60342-036-5. "Goat Breeds". Breeds of Livestock. Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science. 19 January 2021. Introduction to Common Goat Breeds Mother Earth News; Raising Goats for Dummies (Wiley, 2010)
The Nashville Zoo has grown its family of Nigerian dwarf goats by four sweet, furry members. On March 23, a pair of male goats were born to Luisa and on March 27 a second pair of males were born ...
Chicago cartoonist John T. McCutcheon was the president of the Chicago Zoological Society from 1921 until 1948 and oversaw the zoo's construction, opening and its early years, including helping it through the war years, when the zoo saw a decrease in attendance. Grace Olive Wiley briefly worked as a reptile curator at the zoo in 1935. [26]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at Chicago's O’Hare International Airport said they seized 15 pounds of raw goat viscera from the baggage of two passengers returning from ...
[3]: 355 By the 1970s, two distinct types had developed: one broad, compact and solid like the original African stock, the other more delicate, much like a dairy goat in miniature. [ 5 ] : 39 The latter became the Nigerian Dwarf , while the former became the American Pygmy, for which a breed society was established in 1975, and a herd book ...
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