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Hong Kong’s goat keepers ready to help the city ring in the year of the goat
Allan Shek has more than 100 goats on his farm near Mai Po, which opened to the public last week. Photo by Edward Wong, Nora Tam.
The farm is collaborating with a mall in Tsing Yi to give shoppers the chance to get close to the goats at his organic farm.
By Elaine Yau
South China Morning Post
Feb 16, 2015
Excerpt:
The year of the goat promises to usher in a busy time for Hong Kong’s goat keepers. Allan Shek Kwok-keung is counting on it. Last week, the Yuen Long native opened his Little Goat Lemon Garden to the public, and he hopes to receive a stream of visitors as the Lunar New Year brings greater interest in the animal.
Occupying a 40,000 sq ft site near Mai Po, the leisure centre includes a big fish pond, the citrus trees that it is named after and, of course, a herd of goats.
Other than pigs, livestock don’t seem to have a major presence in Hong Kong, but there are, in fact, 15 farms in the city that keep goats, according to Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department records.
Shek’s is the latest entrant.
An indigenous villager, he used to raise pigs and poultry on his own land in Yuen Long, but turned to goats as tighter restrictions on livestock farming made operations more difficult.
Read the complete article here.
Source: http://www.cityfarmer.info/2015/02/16/hong-kongs-goat-keepers-ready-to-help-the-city-ring-in-the-year-of-the-goat/
