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| Wind farm 'kills Taiwanese goats' | Wind farm 'kills Taiwanese goats' |
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| A large number of goats in Taiwan may have died of exhaustion because of noise from a wind farm. | A large number of goats in Taiwan may have died of exhaustion because of noise from a wind farm. |
| A farmer on an outlying island told the BBC he had lost more than 400 animals after eight giant wind turbines were installed close to his grazing land. | A farmer on an outlying island told the BBC he had lost more than 400 animals after eight giant wind turbines were installed close to his grazing land. |
| The Council of Agriculture says it suspects that noise may have caused the goats' demise through lack of sleep. | |
| The power company, Taipower, has offered to pay for part of the costs of building a new farmhouse elsewhere. | The power company, Taipower, has offered to pay for part of the costs of building a new farmhouse elsewhere. |
| A spokesman for the company said the cause of the goats' deaths still needed to be investigated, but that it doubted the goats died from the noise. | A spokesman for the company said the cause of the goats' deaths still needed to be investigated, but that it doubted the goats died from the noise. |
| One night I went out to the farmhouse and the goats were all standing up; they weren't sleeping Farmer Kuo Jing-shan | One night I went out to the farmhouse and the goats were all standing up; they weren't sleeping Farmer Kuo Jing-shan |
| Before the wind farm was built about four years ago, farmer Kuo Jing-shan had about 700 goats. | Before the wind farm was built about four years ago, farmer Kuo Jing-shan had about 700 goats. |
| Shortly after the electricity-generating turbines were installed, the 57-year-old says his animals started to die. He now has just 250 goats left. | Shortly after the electricity-generating turbines were installed, the 57-year-old says his animals started to die. He now has just 250 goats left. |
| "The goats looked skinny and they weren't eating. One night I went out to the farmhouse and the goats were all standing up; they weren't sleeping. | "The goats looked skinny and they weren't eating. One night I went out to the farmhouse and the goats were all standing up; they weren't sleeping. |
| "I didn't know why. If I had known, I would've done something to stop the dying," he told the BBC's Cindy Sui in Taiwan. | "I didn't know why. If I had known, I would've done something to stop the dying," he told the BBC's Cindy Sui in Taiwan. |
| Plausible | Plausible |
| A local livestock inspector from the agriculture council said that Mr Kuo was the only farmer to have reported such large-scale deaths. | |
| He said his claim was plausible because of all the farmers in the Penghu archipelago, his farm was closest to the wind turbines - only 40m away. | |
| "Abnormal noises could affect the normal growth and feeding intake of animals and cause them to suffer sleep deprivation," Lu Ming-tseng said. | "Abnormal noises could affect the normal growth and feeding intake of animals and cause them to suffer sleep deprivation," Lu Ming-tseng said. |
| Mr Kuo said the power company had offered to help him move but that there would be no compensation for the loss of his goats. | Mr Kuo said the power company had offered to help him move but that there would be no compensation for the loss of his goats. |
| "It's a pain to relocate, but what can I do. I can't survive with the wind turbines," he said. | "It's a pain to relocate, but what can I do. I can't survive with the wind turbines," he said. |