>Goats are being removed from a town after they caused widespread damage to residents’ properties and gardens.
>The number of goats from the Great Orme headland near Llandudno in Conwy county will be reduced by relocating them.
>Conwy council discussed how the Kashmiri goats can be managed, as many ventured down from the Great Orme to the town during Covid.
>Current methods of controlling the population include herding the animals, and contraception.
>Councillors met to discuss the “Llandudno Feral Goats Management Plan”.
>[Councillor Louise Emery said] “I’m not sure what the residents want because they do love the goats and at the same time hate them when they are in their garden, and if we ever suggested culling, we’d all be thrown out of [council headquarters] Bodlondeb in an instant.”
>Councillors unanimously backed the report that will be now considered by the cabinet.
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>Goats are being removed from a town after they caused widespread damage to residents’ properties and gardens.
>The number of goats from the Great Orme headland near Llandudno in Conwy county will be reduced by relocating them.
>Conwy council discussed how the Kashmiri goats can be managed, as many ventured down from the Great Orme to the town during Covid.
>Current methods of controlling the population include herding the animals, and contraception.
>Councillors met to discuss the “Llandudno Feral Goats Management Plan”.
>[Councillor Louise Emery said] “I’m not sure what the residents want because they do love the goats and at the same time hate them when they are in their garden, and if we ever suggested culling, we’d all be thrown out of [council headquarters] Bodlondeb in an instant.”
>Councillors unanimously backed the report that will be now considered by the cabinet.
^1 BBC News (22 Apr. 2023), “Llandudno: Great Orme goats to be moved after damaging property”, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-65353062