Alicudi, an Italian dream island for creative people, is fighting a plague. Four-legged friends are destroying vegetation and threatening a UNESCO cultural heritage site.
The mayor sounds the alarm and has a plan. If not enough animals are caught and taken away, the goat population on the island could increase to 800 in the next three years. The picturesque island would then be “a desert,” according to the mayor’s dark prophecy.“A desert”: plague threatens UNESCO world heritage site on Italian dream Island.