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Pygmy Goat Origin

Pygmy Goat Origin

The Cameroon dwarf goat, by which the pygmy goat was formerly called, was domesticated in West Africa largely for its flesh. The Pygmy was shipped across the ocean and introduced into zoos in Europe and the US starting in the 1930s as an exotic species. Due to their little size and amiable demeanor, Pygmy goats soon became popular as pets, and the rest, as they say, is history!

The Cameroon goats were exported from Africa to zoos in Sweden and Germany where they were on display as exotic animals. From there they made their way to England, Canada, and the United States. In 1959, the Rhue family in California and the Catskill Game Farm in New York received the first documented shipments of Pygmy goats from Sweden. Offspring of these animals, as well as earlier imports, were sold to zoos, medical research, and to some private individuals.

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