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Living peacefully on the island for nearly two centuries, threatened only by the occasional hunter, in the 1970s the little goats on
Arapawa Island came under the threat of eradication. It was only through the dedication of Betty Rowe, a resident of Arapawa Island, that the Arapawa goat breed
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From six goats flown back to the UK in 2014 there are now herds being built up around the country. Efforts to breed the goat are on-going in the United States as well, along with other heritage breed animals the
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wished to cull them entirely. Through direct action the goat still survives today but annually there is a cull. Many goats live in the
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Zealand, there is evidence to support the belief that the Arapawa goats are direct descendants of the now extinct "Olde English" breed. In 1773
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