Bagot goat

Bagot
A Bagot goat
Conservation statusVulnerable
Country of originEngland
Traits
Coatwhite
Face colourblack
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Bagot goat /ˈbæɡət/[1] is a breed of goat which for several hundred years has lived semi-wild at Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, England. It is a small goat, with a black head and neck and the remainder of the body white.

In 2010 it was considered "critically endangered" by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, as there were fewer than 100 registered breeding females in the United Kingdom,[2] but by 2012 had been upgraded to "vulnerable",[3] where it remains as of 2019, with 200-300 breeding females known.[4]

  1. ^ "Bagot". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. ^ Bagot goat at Rare Breeds Survival Trust watch list Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  3. ^ Bagot goat at Rare Breeds Survival Trust watch list Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Goat watchlist". Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Retrieved 21 November 2019.