After a Virginia farm’s request for goat cuddlers went viral,

People’s Ana Calderone went to see what all the fuzz was about

Snuggling is seri-ous business forGail Hobbs-Page,whose Facebookpost asking for

volunteers to help feed andnurture the 100 baby goatsborn on her Virginia cheesefarm Caromont went viralin January. As one of 2,000who signed up, I spent a glo-rious day having kids nib-ble on my fingers and standon my head. Hobbs-Pageknows all about her goats’heartwarming power: Shehas plans to expand the25-acre space into a therapyfarm for children with au-tism, veterans with PTSDor just regular folks like melooking for an escape frombusy city life. She says, “It’shard not to want to shareyour farm when you see howhappy people are.”

GOATCUDDLING cutestjob on earth!

Ana Calderonekidding aroundwith the goatsat Caromont

Farm inEsmont, Va.

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