The history of pack goating and how it started in the 1970s. Why pack goats are a growing alternative to horses and llamas for backcountry hiking and camping. What to look for in a goat for packing: ...

My Wyoming goat-packing trip sounded great -- except for the goat part. Horse-packing, donkey-packing, even llama-packing -- no problem. But who'd want to spend time with billy goats? I've been around ...

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While goats can also carry movi, Desarae points out that a small pack goat herd is different from hundreds or thousands of free-ranging sheep. The treasurer for North American Packgoat Association, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. GALLATIN CANYON - Hiking along a ridge with five goats in tow, Dennis Johnson explains why he ...

Travel through the desert with the inventor of goat packing, John Mionczynski. Natural historian and eccentric scientist John Mionczynski guides host David Yetman on a journey through the “heart” of ...

The number of people using goats to pack gear, game and food into the backcountry is rising rapidly, and national forests in at least 10 western states have proposed partial pack goat bans to prevent ...