The mayor of a remote Italian island overrun by wild goats has offered to give the animals away to anyone willing to take one in. Riccardo Gullo came up with the idea after a recent census estimated the number of goats on the three-square mile Alicudi, the smallest of Sicily’s Aeolian archipelago, was six times the island’s year-round population of 100. The animals, adept at navigating Alicudi’s steep cliffs, once lived harmoniously alongside the human inhabitants and This section of the article is only available for our subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or login if you are already a subscriber.SUBSCRIBE NOW!
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