A farmer brought goats to the island of Alicudi around 20 years ago and then released them. The animals multiplied uncontrollably, so that there are now more than 600 wild specimens living on the island.
Since the local authorities do not want to eradicate the goats, the mayor of the municipality of Lipari is now intervening - with an "adoption program" Anyone who would like to have one or more of the wild goats can simply take them with them. An individual can take in up to 50 goats. The program officially runs until April 10th. But the mayor, Riccardo Gullo, has already announced that he will extend the deadline until the goats are gone. The goats are popular with tourists and are depicted on almost every postcard on Alicudi. A single copy on the market is worth 200 euros, as Il Fatto Quotidiano writes. However, you have to catch the animals yourself and have a boat with which you can get them off the island, according to the mayor. “Ideally, we would want to see people try to domesticate the animals rather than eat them,” he said.