Angora Goat
by John Telfer
Title
Angora Goat
Artist
John Telfer
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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While at the Queens Zoo which is located in Queens, NY and was the home of the Worlds Fair in 1965-66, this zoo began to fall apart and in 1991 millions of dollars were put into the Queens Zoo to restore and improve it. It is now home to all types of wild birds, mammals , reptiles such as alligators and some domestic animals. As always when I am in a zoo I am always looking for something different that I have not seen before or photographed. As I was walking around I came upon this Angora Goat, I had just seen about a half hour ago a Angora Sheep which neither of these animals I had never seen before. I found out from one of the workers at the zoo that the Angora Goat and Sheep are not native to the United States but were brought in during the 1800's for their angora fur, that is sheered off of them and sold. I was warned not to try and get to close to the Angora Goat because of the long curved horns a top of his head. They use them like Rams when doing battle or to protect themselves if they think they are in danger. Another unusual trait of this animal was its legs. It had on all four legs angora fur that went down to the ankles of the animal and then ended and then just skin. Plus the legs were not like hoofs they had four pegs on each leg at the bottom similar to the Angora Sheep. As I was taking my photos I felt like this Angora Goat was getting ready to make a charge at me as he just stood there, I could not tell if he could see me or not with all of that angora fur in his face.
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March 1st, 2019
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