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They gave their name to the famous island of Capri, but now the increasing number of goats has become a problem

2026-08-26 19:30:12Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

They gave their name to the famous island of Capri, but now the increasing

Capri, the small island in the Bay of Naples, famous above all for its sea, seems to owe its name to the large presence of goats that have lived there since ancient times.

But in recent years, their number has increased compared to previous periods.

Today, there are about 90 goats on the island, and some residents have begun to report the various damages and concerns they are causing.

This issue has been discussed on the island for years, and in recent days the debate was reignited after a letter sent to the newspaper La Repubblica by Aldo Policastro, the prosecutor general in Naples.

According to him, the excessive presence of goats has had a detrimental impact on the territory of Mount Solaro, the highest point of the island. Policastro describes a situation with “vegetation eaten, bushes stripped bare, young plants, junipers and cistus that no longer manage to grow, dry walls transformed into piles of stones, as well as cracked or displaced rocks, with the risk of sliding towards the valley”.

They gave their name to the famous island of Capri, but now the increasing

There are those on the island who believe that the situation has worsened since 2018, when director Mario Martone brought 25 goats of a different breed from the local one to Capri for the filming of his film Capri-Revolution, where the protagonist is a young girl who looks after the goats.

The mayor of Anacapri, one of the island's two municipalities, has stated that the goats "came for filming, in 2018, and then were forgotten on the territory."

Martone has denied the accusations, speaking again to Repubblica. "The goats in Anacapri have been there before," he said, "and if their numbers have increased, it is certainly not the fault of those brought in by our production."

Luca Federico, the assistant director who worked on the film, explained that during filming the goats were kept in an enclosure and that, at the end of the shoot, they were returned to the Italian mainland.

It was the municipality of Anacapri that attempted to curb the excessive breeding of goats in 2023, by ordering the capture and relocation of some animals away from the island.

Animal protection organizations, however, managed to block the project through a petition, for which they collected 5,000 signatures, as well as through an appeal to the Regional Administrative Court (TAR).

The situation became significantly tense when, in the same period, 22 goats were found dead under a tree and fears spread that they might have been poisoned.

But in the end, it was discovered that the animals had died from electrocution, after a bolt of lightning struck the tree under which they had taken shelter during a storm.

After protests from animal rights groups, the administration tried another solution, ordering the sterilization of males. But the problem still remains.

For the moment, local administrations have not taken any new measures, while some animal protection organizations continue to insist that the sterilization of goats continue.


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