This project is conserving goats and protecting Dublin from wildfires

Oct 5, 2021

Goat herder Melissa Jeuken feeds her herd of 'Old Irish Goats', a breed introduced to Howth Hills in a bid to reduce wildfires and to protect the species from going extinct, in County Dublin, Ireland, September 28, 2021.

The project aims to instill "key conservation grazing principles to tackle fire prevention and habitat management". Image: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

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Goat herder Melissa Jeuken looks at a goat named Norma from her herd of 'Old Irish Goats', a breed introduced to Howth Hills in a bid to reduce wildfires and to protect species from going extinct, in County Dublin, Ireland, September 28, 2021.

The Old Irish Goat arrived in Ireland about 5,000 years ago. Image: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Goat herder Melissa Jeuken holds a kid named Sheila from her herd of 'Old Irish Goats', a breed introduced to Howth Hills in a bid to reduce wildfires and to protect the species from going extinct, in County Dublin, Ireland, September 28, 2021

Goat herder Melissa Jeuken holds a kid named Sheila from her herd of 'Old Irish Goats'. Image: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

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