Wildlife parks are appealing for donations of Christmas trees so they can turn festive leftovers into animal toys and treats.

ESSAOUIRA, MOROCCO — It’s a challenging Friday morning for Jaouad Benaddi. He’s been trying to get his goats to climb an argan tree and settle in its gnarled, thorny branches. None of the 12 are ...

Now that Christmas is over and it’s officially the new year, you’re either in one of two camps: Those who like to keep their tree up until the needles are totally dead and dried out, or those who are ...

PITTSFIELD — When Tammi Haines, of Berlin, N.Y., asked for Christmas trees so she could feed them to her six pet goats, she was not expecting such a warm response. Between New Year’s Eve and the first ...

Way out in Morocco’s southwest, something unusual plays out above the dry landscape: goats, balanced high in the branches of Argan trees. They don’t seem bothered by the height. In fact, they climb ...

That’s what some local goats will be thinking about residents who choose to send their Christmas tree to a boring landfill instead of donating it to be recycled at a nearby farm. Christmas trees, it ...

How many goats does it take to eat a Christmas tree? And more importantly, why would they want to? It turns out discarded Christmas trees offer the goats a special treat for after the holiday season.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — when you can strip down your Christmas tree, and let some goats joyfully pig out on it. Farm owners around the state are once again reminding people that ...