Emotions Can Run High Whenwels Face Up to the Damage Caused B Shconservationists by Our Wild S Goats ; the Feral Goats of Snowdonia Raise Strong Emotions. Some Love to See These Magnificent Animals in Their Glorious Mountain Setting, but Others See the Damage They Do to Trees, Rare Plants and Gardens. Huw Jenkins Reports On How a Balance Is Maintained Between Man and Beast

Western Mail › November 10, 2009

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WHEN a man from the forestry said he was thinking of culling the goats, my body tensed and logic was pushed aside by emotion.

I like what he's doing to the forest behind me, replacing regiments of sterile conifer with a rich mix of broadleaf, but the trouble iss , so do the goats.

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Emotions Can Run High Whenwels Face Up to the Damage Caused B Shconservationists by Our Wild S Goats ; the Feral Goats of Snowdonia Raise Strong Emotions. Some Love to See These Magnificent Animals in Their Glorious Mountain Setting, but Others See the Damage They Do to Trees, Rare Plants and Gardens. Huw Jenkins Reports On How a Balance Is Maintained Between Man and Beast

They love the tender shoots and bark of young saplings and it's not so difficult for them to break through the skimpy, protective tubes.

"My goats" are a small gang that live near our home in the foothills of Moelwyn Bach overlooking the Va...

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