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Italian mayor offers free goats to anyone who can catch them (www.upi.com)

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The mayor of an Italian island is attempting to solve an animal overpopulation problem with an unusual offer: free goats for anyone who can catch them.

Riccardo Gullo, the mayor of Alicudi, in Sicily's Aeolian archipelago, introduced an "adopt-a-goat" program when the small island's wild goat population grew to six times the human population of about 100.

Gullo said anyone who emails a request to the local government and pays a $17 "stamp fee" can take as many goats as they wish, as long as they transport them off the island within 15 days of approval.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Oh boy, I'm about to ship everyone a bunch of goats. Or no goats. I've never tried to ship a wild goat, so who can say how that'd go.