Yemeni goats eating tree to extinction

The New York Times reports on a disappearing tree on a Yemeni island. The Dracaena cinnabari, or dragon's blood tree, is especially vulnerable to goats on which Socotra island's economy depends. Goats are infamous for eating anything in their path and they find the young tree shoots especially tasty. So much so that they are eating the tree to its extinction. The tree's only stable area is in the high mountains where the goats can't reach.

Read the full story: Off Yemen, a storied stand is vulnerable