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Colonising Goats in Aotearoa New Zealand
Photo: Gabriel Lennon
Gabriel Lennon
CASE 7. Colonising Goats in Aotearoa New Zealand
Since being introduced by colonists for meat and dairy, goats have been an environmental problem in Aotearoa, disturbing delicate native forests. Now, goats exist both as a problematic feral population to be culled, and a potential for better, more sustainable dairy – if properly contained.

What is being missed when we only focus on either removing or containing goats? I am drawn to those more-than-human possibilities beyond these rigid approaches.
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Selected publications
The Wild Workforce: Enlisting Non-Human Labour in Invasive Species Management
2025. von Essen, E., Wanderer, E., Lennon, G., & Ahlberg, K. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space (online). https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486241300941​​​
Blog posts
29 Aug, 2024 Colonising Goats in Aotearoa

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