Goats were brought to our country to provide meat and milk in a hardy and thrifty animal that can thrive on marginal forage.
It came with the cows and goats that the settlers brought.
Goats have been domesticated by man for thousands of years, so Christopher Columbus brought goats with him when he landed in the "New World" in 1493. Of course, there was no US then. When the first settlers arrived in North America, they brought goats with them. One type of goat, the milch goat, was brought to the continent by Captain John Smith on the Mayflower. Swiss breeds of goat, together with animals from Spain and Austria, were brought to North America between the 1590s and 1700.
The Mountain goat is native to the United States. Early explorers brought goats into the United States to provide them with meat.
No, though domestic goats can be brought there like any animal.
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In the 1500's by Christopher Columbus. English settlers brought the them over only two though. There were goats on the Mayflower. Google Plymouth Plantation. Chris didn't have enough room for them.
They were brought there in the same way people traveled there.
Goats are in introduced species in Australia, originally brought here as a farm animal. There are large populations of feral goats roaming the country, making life miserable for farmers.
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They natively have come from Europe. Nigerian Dwarf goats came from Africa.