Saturday, August 21, 2004
Beauty contest for goats
Ananova: Croat farmers have staged a beauty contest for goats in a bid to publicize the fact that traditional goat farming is dying out.
Dozens of farmers from across the country entered their prize goats in the event at the village of St. Vincenat in western Croatia.
Ivan Perko, owner of Lucy who won the event and is from the western Croatian village of Most Rasa, said: "I always knew she was the most beautiful goat in the world and now it's been proven."
There was no prize for winning the competition but Perko said the honor was enough for him.
"This is a great honor for me and Lucy," he said.
Organizers said they came up with the idea of the contest to draw attention to falling numbers of goats in the region.
They said that at one time there were 800,000 goats in the Istria region, but that today there are only 1,000, local media reported.
Ananova: Croat farmers have staged a beauty contest for goats in a bid to publicize the fact that traditional goat farming is dying out.
Dozens of farmers from across the country entered their prize goats in the event at the village of St. Vincenat in western Croatia.
Ivan Perko, owner of Lucy who won the event and is from the western Croatian village of Most Rasa, said: "I always knew she was the most beautiful goat in the world and now it's been proven."
There was no prize for winning the competition but Perko said the honor was enough for him.
"This is a great honor for me and Lucy," he said.
Organizers said they came up with the idea of the contest to draw attention to falling numbers of goats in the region.
They said that at one time there were 800,000 goats in the Istria region, but that today there are only 1,000, local media reported.
