New Adopt a Goat Program

Support our Goat Program:
Adopt a Goat

Monkey Bone Ranch's goats are of the alpine breed, capable of producing almost a gallon of milk each day for Montello area poor children & their families. When you "adopt" a milk goat, you are taking a concrete, solid step to turn the tide away from human suffering from malnutrition and illnesses stemming from a lack of nutrition and instead provide the conditions for healthy, productive, fulfilling lives for those in need.

What does adopting a goat entail? By adopting a goat, you help provide for its food, its annual shots, wormings, hoof trimmings, vitamin supplements, and any additional health care necessary for its optimum health, well-being, and productivity. You do not actually own the goat; ownership stays with Monkey Bone Ranch; rather your adoption helps cover the cost of caring for the goat so that it can do its best to feed hungry people: Besides the milk the females produce, all the goats -males & females- boost vegetable & fruit production by adding fertility to the soil and by eradicating noxious weeds.

You have no work responsibilities for the goat, but you are welcome to come visit your goat whenever the farm is open. Goats are extremely affectionate and love receiving handfuls of grain from their adopting human parents! You just need to schedule a time with our herdsman by emailing.

By the way, Goat Adoptions make terrific gifts!!:
If you adopt a goat in honor of another person, we will send via Email a gift card in your name to the person you specify with your personalized message (if you designate one), and attach to that email the goat adoption certificate, the biographical data on the specific goat adopted, and a color photograph of the adopted goat.

For those who would like to send your adopt-a-goat information and donation by snail mail, click here for a printable form that you can mail to us Otherwise, for online adoptions, choose one of the options below:

Adopt a Goat for a Year $50
You receive by Email:
1)Monkey Bone Ranch's official adoption certificate in your name or in the name of someone you specify, if you choose to give the adoption as a gift.
2) A life history of your goat, sent to you or to someone you specify
3) Photographs of the adopted goat sent to you or to someone you specify
If you want to make up a gift package, simply have the materials sent to you, print them out, and box them up yourself.
OPTION to have materials sent by regular mail or FedEx: You can have the materials sent by regular postal mail for an additional $5.00 to cover the cost of printing all the materials, handling, and postage. The photo will be on glossy photo quality paper. Two day FedEx is an additional $15, and international mailings are $10.00, due to the size and weight of the envelope.

Adopt a Goat for Two Years: $100: CLICK HERE
You, or the person you specify, receive by Email: Everything the yearly donor receives PLUS
4. Quarterly newsletters about your adopted goat, letting you know of his/her activities as the season changes.
f you want to make up a gift package, simply have the materials sent to you, print them out, and box them up yourself.
OPTION to have materials sent by regular mail or FedEx: You can have the materials sent by regular postal mail for an additional $5.00 to cover the cost of printing all the materials, handling, and postage. The photo will be on glossy photo quality paper. Two day FedEx is an additional $15, and international mailings are $10.00, due to the size and weight of the envelope.

Adopt a Goat for its Life: $500 CLICK HERE
You receive all the above by Email PLUS
5) Photographs of your goat's baby goats when a birthing occurs;
6) Your name (or the name of the one you specify) will be permanently listed on a plaque that will be installed on the Goat House.
If you want to make up a gift package, you can simply have the materials sent to you, print them out, and box them up as you please.
OPTION to have materials sent by regular mail or FedEx: You can have the materials sent by regular postal mail for an additional $5.00 to cover the cost of printing all the materials, handling, and postage. The photo will be on glossy photo quality paper. Two day FedEx is an additional $15, and international mailings are $10.00, due to the size and weight of the envelope.

General Information about goats: Goats have very distinctive personalities; they all have a great sense of humor, and are extremely smart. They are Houdini-like escape artists that learn how to untie knots & unlock locks to get out of wherever they are, just for the heck of it! Goats can live twice as long as dogs, and make just as loyal a companion.