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Story: Goats and goat farming

Sable goat

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Sable goat

The Sable breed was developed from Saanen goats, and is similar in most ways – except that it comes in many colours, not just white. There are only a few hundred in New Zealand.

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Allan Gillingham, Goats and goat farming – Farming goats for weed control and milk, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16595/sable-goat (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.