by Wildhorse » Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:53 pm
Hi Sally, your thought that the goats you saw were native may be sound, and, worst case, is not far from the truth. Although the nps has publicized a claim that the goats are not native, that turns out to be a controversial claim, may be false and is beyond anyone's ability to verify with certainty. Even if they are not native, the nps preference for eradicating them from the peninsula with nets, helicopters and guns is also controversial from an ecological perspective.
I like your save the goats plan. They do too, I am sure.
And more than anything, you are so right: they are noble creatures. Under all of the nps plans, they face a future of great brutality. Very sad.