Damascus Goat: From The Cutest To The Ugliest

you are right potterhead unicorn!!!!!

Really? I didn't know that, that's super cool!

P.S i love goats

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i think the sophie is right they are cute and fluffy imagen if you were that goat i bet you wouldn't want to be called ugly so please change the name of this goat because if you help it could be really cute

its sooo sad😢

ya they do.

Not to be rude, but especially in this context, it would be "I think." Also, yes, unfortunately, with a nose and jaw structured th way theirs happens to be, it's pretty evident that these goats must have distinctive respritory issues and difficulties eating. While they are very striking animals, breeding them so they have facial deformities is something I think is excessively cruel.

The first one I viewed on "Strange Evidence" seemed like it was physically uncomfortable. It seemed to be continually making a low moaning sound. Is this normal for this species? Also is the respiratory status adequate? There are so many questions abt the day to day functioning of this species. The ears are another thing, do they hurt? They are very thin but if they are so long they're near the ground that's putting a great deal of strain on the skin on the scalp. We've done the same thing to dogs. It's cruel no matter what species.

That's what I was thinking. I'm laying in bed and I saw this. Yikes

NO they are not!

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If they're out in pasture, they may crop their ears to prevent injuries and infections. Goats don't discriminate. They go wherever they feel like going, and those dangling ears are at risk of being torn.

Unfortunately, yes.

yha

yes they do and its mean

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Not ears any more - they're now officially "c**k tubes".

DUDE. IT DOES LOL!

ITS A GOAT

I know it's common practice to remove the tails from sheep because it prevents a ton of health issues, infections, and various diseases that they can get. Goat ears may be similar in this case, it looks like they may get in the food and knowing goats, they would chew on them and get infections and from there all of the above. But I don't really know too much about goats.

In a lot of the cases(I don't know about these goats specifically though) cut ears/tails are due to the multitude of health issues that occur with them being uncut. You're probably right about the "natural state" though, except these animals are thousands of years away from their original natural state and hence may be better off recieving a special treatment that wild breeds wouldn't need.

People do it beause animals can injure themselves, like sme breeds of dogs start to chew own tails, goats love bushes and you can imagine what those ears will look like after that, also some of them have ears much longer than this goat, so it makes even more sense.

My dog (Yorkie) had his tail cropped before we adopted him and I feel the same way with him.

After a few millennia of selective breeding, talking about "natural state" is a tad naive. This *is* how they're meant to look, it's what the breeders intended.

I think it's better to not have them get injured by ripping and infected their ears, but what do I know, I've just treated a few infected horse hooves and goat's ears. No offense but please think of the practicality.

I know people have already told you this but they might chew on their ears so this is actually helping it :)

yha they are so cute and they need to be left alone

Might wanna do a little research into these topics before making blanket assumptions as you did, HiH. Just one counterexample are the tails of Doberman Pincers - unlike most canines with flexible tails, the tail of Doberman are inflexible, hard, and if left uncut will always get painfully broken as they wag against hard objects. In the case of Doberman Pincers, the cropping of the ears are a vanity. The cropping of the tails are a moral responsibility.

Because most drag on the ground, getting ripped up and badly infected, that's why. It's not cruel, it's hygienic. Would you rather they be in constant pain?

this is not a "natural" breed anyway

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