The Salt 11:03 am Thu December 22, 2011  Goat Is Good, Except,
Perhaps, As A Pet  My colleague Allison Aubrey's story last week
about giving an African a goat as an act of charity got me
wondering: Why don't we see more goats here in the United
States?  After all, there's a lot to love about goats. Their
meat is healthy — lower in saturated fat and cholesterol than
beef, pork, or even chicken. And it's not an unfamiliar taste.
"I wouldn't be able to taste the difference between goat and
beef, honestly," Jack Mauldin, who raises goats near Ecton,
Tex., tells The Salt.  Goats aren't picky about what they eat.
They like tough-to-digest shrubs that cows avoid. In fact,
they've been used to restore wildlife habitat in areas that have
been overrun by woody invasive species like the multiflora rose.
They can prosper in places that a lot of other animals find dry
and barren. Some have called goat meat "the other (sustainable)
red meat."  Many people swear by goat's milk, or goat cheese —
as April Fulton has reported,