Newfoundland. goats on way” out

BURIN, Nfld. (CP) — Goats
ence considered ofreal economic
importance in Newfoundland, are
rapidly disappearing, and indica-
tions are the animals will become
extinct-in this province.

They have not been considered

worthy of-.inclusion in agricul-|'.
department- counts ‘since:

ture
1961,-when less than-1,000- were
reported on the island, No one
knows how many are Left now, but
they are seldom secn along the
roadside where they frequently
grazed and often blocked the
right of way,

Agriculture department offic-

I ials say the ‘animals are no longs

er considered: valuable and, a8

far as the department is con-.

cerned, do not exist,

A decade ago the raising of
goats, cows and sheep by fisher-
men was part.of the pattern of
Newfoundland outport living,

During the time of Dr, Wile

fred” Grenfell at St, ‘Anthony on
the island’s north tip, goats were
high on the list of importance

because their milk was believed.

immune from tuberculosis, The
goats were brought into the area

in large numbers by the Grer.

fell Mission Association andpro-
vided milk through the spring,
summer and early fall.

Today's improved standards of
living on the island, coupled with
the ease of obtaining -dairy pro-
ducts, especially milk in pro-
cessed form, ' indicate that the
goats, like cows and sheep, will
continue to lose ground,”

Goats came with the first Eng-
lish’ settlers who landed at Cu-
plds on Conception Bay in 1610,
' A royal commission on agri-
culture in its report totheSmall-
wood government in 1955 said
there are many places in New+
foundland, distant from settle
Ment, where herds of goats could
be raised cheaply and without
endangering ‘the forest . cover,

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en route to the Hotsprings arrived hot, dusty and tri--
umphant, Among thase who made it were (eft) Erika
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. Point supervisor Alex Inselberg has his hands full as the

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