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From left to right: Yolanda, Daisy, Greta, and Mardy
Meet Our New Girls And Liliana (not pictured), named after Liliana Madrigal—
a Costa Rican-born conservationist, founding member of
ARRIVAL Last fall five Nigerian dwarf goats were Conservation International, and founder of the Amazon
Conservation Team
welcomed into our friendly herd at Hamill
Family Wild Encounters. At that time, we Daisy was named by a donor to the Chicago Zoological Society
invited our guests to vote for a set of names for four of them. Nigerian dwarf goats are native to West Africa. Their small size
Drum roll, please! And the winning names are . . . and winning personalities—they are gentle, friendly, and playful—
Greta, named after Greta Thunberg—a Swedish teenager make them excellent pets. Nigerian dwarf goats are also great
and a climate and environmental activist milk producers; their milk is high in butterfat and can be used to
Mardy, named after Margaret “Mardy” Murie—an American make delicious cheeses and butter.
author, environmentalist, and conservationist who was You can visit Hamill Family Wild Encounters to pet, brush, and
instrumental in founding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge run around with these sweeties!
Yolanda, named after Yolanda Kakabadse—an Ecuadorian Thanks for your help in naming these girls.
conservationist, founder of the Fundación Natura in Quito and
the Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, former president of the
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the
World Wildlife Fund International
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