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Best of 2021: We love a good animal yarn at RNZ here are some of the best the last year.

HUNDRED of businesses from across Lancashire have taken part in a government backed programme aimed at sharing knowledge and skills. The Peer Networks programme aims to bring together owners and managers in a series of structured virtual sessions to help them learn from each other. One such business owner, of the 320 to take part so far, has been Dot McCarthy, from Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Rossendale who is currently offering goats from her farm for hire on video calls for a fee. She said...

BBC News Covid: The goat for Zoom hire named after Jackie Weaver Close A farm in Lancashire has earned £50,000 by hiring out goats for Zoom meetings during lockdown. Owner Dot McCarthy said she was originally kidding when she suggested the idea but the new income has helped to pay staffs wages and invest in making the farm more eco-friendly. The animals from Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Rossendale have made appearances on more than 10,000 calls at virtual meetings around the world. The farm has ...

Repetitive virtual meetings over the past year have sapped morale in many workplaces. So companies are hiring four-legged guests—sheep, goats, tortoises, llamas, bearded dragons and more—to paint smiles back on the faces of jaded employees.

Channels Television   Updated February 13, 2021 Demonstrators burn an American flag on February 7, 2021, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during a protest to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse, who seeks to extend his term of office until February 2022, which according to the constitution ends this February 7. (Photo by Valerie Baeriswyl / AFP)   This is a selection of news photographs taken around the world this week which includes people protesting against a military coup, marking ...

No kidding: video calls with goats boost British farm

Dot McCarthy, who runs the Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Lancashire, thought no one would take her up on her idea of renting goats for Zoom meeting, but shes now earned big from her quirky idea.

The latest thing on Zoom meetings: A live goat Sydney Page © Courtesy of Carey Anthony/Courtesy of Carey Anthony Lulu the goat crashed a staff meeting for a company based in Laguna Hills, Calif. Carey Anthony organized the goat video call to bring some laughter to his team. (Courtesy of Carey Anthony) At this point in the pandemic, Zoom fatigue is universal. But one woman has a solution you never knew you needed: a live goat on the call. Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Lancashire...

Farm Rents Their Goats For Zoom Conference Calls For $7/5 mins, Raises $68k BoredPanda staff Everything’s better with goats. Don’t believe me? Consider this: they’re cute, some of them have a funny scream, they can jump around in contagious joy, and—ready for this?—you can now get one to join your online meeting for £5, or $6.8 for five whole minutes. Oh, it may have started as a joke, but I assure you it is no joke. A farm in the UK has recently started offering a “Goat On Zoo...

Farmer starts up £50k side hustle in lockdown selling Zoom calls with her goats Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Lancashire has made thousands from something which started as a joke but demand for booking in goats for a zoom call has gone through the roof A goat will join your work video call for £5 (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign...