Local news promotes San Clemente Island goats
Our own Kenwood Press did a front page article on San Clemente Island goats, highlighting the importance of saving this endangered breed.
Rocky the cat with San Clemente & Catalina Island goats
Photo courtesy Alec Peters, Kenwood Press 2009.
Ramses grows up
At 8 months old Ramses shows characteristic buckskin markings and the beginnings of a beard. His horns are just beginning to curve outward. Is it possible that he is even better looking than his Dad? You have to love that curly forelock.
Ramses at 8 Months
Images wanted.
We will be documenting the various lines of San Clemente Island goats, a conservation breed, currently being raised in the continental United States (now 400 plus and counting) and seek high quality images to post on the blog.
Any and all Catalina Island goat images (historic or current) welcome as well.
We are currently seeking historic images of Guadalupe Island Goats from Baja California.
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned for: The historic and cultural tales surrounding goats on Catalina, San Clemente, and a few other islands off of California and Baja. A time line including world events and quirky little known facts. How does the story of the Catalina Island and San Clemente Island goats converge and how does it differ? Some Island goats were removed or rescued, others eliminated or exterminated, yet a few small herds were maintained intact. Although no one can dispute the dire ecological consequences that resulted from goats on islands, it is still worthwhile to ask: how did the goats arrive on the Islands in the first place more than 200 years ago? What damage did they cause? How can their conservation off-island, in controlled breeding programs, help to add needed genetic diversity to domestic herds? We will also feature an extensive image gallery comparing Island goats from different lines, as well as videos showing existing domestic herds.
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Home of the Catalina and San Clemente Island Goats.