Everyone loves a goat, but it seems everyone loves a free goat even more!  As recently reported, a recent census on the tiny five-square kilometre island in Sicily’s Aeolian archipelago, Alicudi, found the human inhabitants were outnumbered by their caprine friends by more than  six-to-one.  So, the island’s mayor, Riccardo Gullo, initiated an “Adopt a Goat” initiative encouraging people to express an interest in providing a goat a new home.  However, the mayor was inundated with offers that exceeded the number of goats available by around three to one.  Now all he has to do is find a way to catch them and transport them to their new homes…

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