There’s a tiny Italian island overrun by a bunch of goats. Yep, it’s true! And now, the locals are begging anyone who visits or sails by to catch as many goats as they can.
As reported by the New York Post on Friday (4/5/2024), this island goes by the name of Alicudi. It’s the smallest and least crowded island among the seven in the Aeolian region of Italy, just off the northern coast of Sicily.
Believe it or not, there are more goats here than people. According to CNN, there are about 100 folks living there, but the wild goat gang totals a whopping 600!
So, how did this happen? Well, it all started when the local government dropped the ball on keeping the goat population in check. That’s when Mayor Riccardo Gullo came up with a wild idea – a goat adoption program. Yep, you heard that right. They’re letting folks adopt up to 50 goats each.
These goats were brought to the island about 20 years ago by some farmer. They were set free, and boy, did they take off!
Now, these goats are running amok in town, crashing into people’s yards, munching on crops, and wrecking stone walls.
If you’re keen on adopting a goat, all you gotta do is shoot the local authorities an email by April 10th. Oh, and don’t forget to cough up around 17 bucks for stamp duty to make it official.
This adoption gig will keep going until they get the goat gang down to a manageable size, ideally around 100. But don’t worry, they’ll leave a few for the tourists to enjoy.
And guess what? If you’re one of the lucky ones chosen, you’ve got 15 days to round up your goats and ship ’em off the island.
But he’s hoping folks won’t start grilling up goat burgers left and right.