Juan Fernández goat
The Juan Fernández goat is a feral domestic goat on the Juan Fernández Archipelago off the Chilean coast in the Pacific .
The Spanish navigator Juan Fernández left some domestic goats on the islands as a reserve in 1564, from which a new breed of small red-brown goats with a black eel line on their backs had formed after a few generations . But there are also spotted and black animals. Adult bucks have large, twisted horns.
In October 1704, the Scottish navigator Alexander Selkirk was released on the deserted island of Isla Más a Tierra , which belongs to the archipelago . He found these animals and ate them among other things. His experiences formed the model for the novel Robinson Crusoe . In his honor, the name of the island was changed to Isla Robinson Crusoe .
Today there are around 3,000 goats left on the island, which cause damage to the environment and are therefore heavily hunted. Because of this, the animals are very shy and flee from a great distance when people approach.
In Germany, these goats can be seen in the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg , the Worms zoo , the Werdum pet park (East Friesland) and the Lelkendorf pet park . Since these animals are not bred in a coordinated manner in the actual sense, it is difficult to say anything about their average weight and milk yield.
