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Associations & information on keeping goats |
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Basic Goat Primer | basic info on goats and how to keep them |
British Goat Society | promoting goat-keeping in the UK |
DEFRA | sheep & goats: identification, registration and movement |
DEFRA | codes of recommendations for the welfare of goats |
Goats.co.uk | some basic information on keeping goats and goat farming |
National Goat Handbook (pdf) | free 412-page pdf handbook covering all aspects of keeping goats |
Best of Breeds | list of UK goat breeders; stock for sale |
Goat breeds & societies |
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Oklahoma University | A-Z list of world goat breeds |
Rare Breeds Survival Trust | rare goat breeds |
Anglo-Nubian | Anglo-Nubian Breed Society |
Angora | British Angora Goat Society |
Bagot | the Bagot Goat Society |
British Alpine | British Alpine Breed Society |
British Boer | British Boer Goat Society |
British Feral Goat | British Feral Goat Research Group |
British Toggenburg | British Toggenburg Society |
English Goats | English Goat Breeders Association |
Golden Guernsey | Golden Guernsey Goat Society |
Harness | Harness Goat Society |
Highland | the Highland Goat Club |
Old English | Old English Goat Society |
Pygmy Goats | Pygmy Goat Association of Great Britain |
Toggenburg | Toggenburg Breeders Association |
Regional goat clubs & Societies |
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Ayrshire Goat Club | a club for goat keepers’ in Ayrshire |
Beds and Herts Goat Society | a club for goat keepers in Bedfordshire and Hedfordshire |
Cornwall Goat Keepers’ Association | an association for goat keepers’ in Cornwall |
Grampian Goat club | a club for goat keepers in North East Scotland |
Herefordshire Goat Club | a club for goat keepers in Herefordshire |
Highland Goat Club | a club for goat keepers living in and around the Highlands of Scotland |
Northern England Goat Club | a club for goat keepers in the North of England |
Norwich and District Goat Club | a club for goat keepers in and around Norwich |
Scottish Goat Keepers’ Federation | a society for goat keepers in Scotland |
South West Wales Goat Club | a club for goat keepers in Southwest Wales |
Welsh and West Angora goat club | a club for Angora goat keepers in Wales and the West of england |
Other |
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Abercrombie’s Goat Page | goat meat recipes |
The Biology of the Goat | fascinating site about goat biology |
Cornell University | list of plants poisonous to goats |
The Goat Veterinary Society | promoting interest in and improving knowledge of goats within the veterinary profession |
International Goat Association | promotes goat research and development for the benefit of humankind |
Oxfam | buy a goat as a gift for a family in a developing country |
Wikipedia | entry on goats |
YouTube | famous video of fainting goats – a breed of goats that faints when surprised! |