All posts tagged: forest fire prevention

Leonel Martins Pereira, a shepherd in Vermelhos, Portugal, with the goats he tends at the end of a long day.

Scorched Portugal Turns to the Goat as a Low-Cost Firefighter

October 4, 2019 ASSORTED, HABITAT RESTORATION, INVASION BIOLOGY, RANGELANDS

In nature, different animals eat different kinds of plants and there are specific species for every such “ecological niche”. Where native animals have gone missing, domestic goats can be used to replace animals that once […]