The new faces settling into suburbia: Owners cite practical, spiritual rewards of farm animals as pets

To hear John McGoldrick tell it, Bambi the goat isn’t as much a pet as he is a living Zen koan, a bridge to the peaceful side of his inner spirit. And he does a pretty nice job keeping the weeds down, too.

“Bambi has a mission here - he adds a bit of humanity to a world that’s lacking it,” the Maynard resident said about his brown Nigerian dwarf goat last week. “His personality is so tender and sweet. He’s a connection to the gentler side of ourselves.”

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