The Goat-Cow Is Spain's Wildfire-Fighting Secret Weapon
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Vincios, a parish of 2,500 residents in Galicia, is reintroducing Cachena cattle—Spain's smallest native breed, nearly extinct by the 1980s—as part of a community effort to reduce wildfire risk by grazing and clearing flammable undergrowth, with the reintroduction beginning in 2023 after fires destroyed 80% of local forest in 2017.
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