we are talking about shenkin iv who has taken over from shenkin iv who has taken over from shenkin iiir they go and since shenkin iii died back in september, the race has been on to get a new goat trained. this is not something you see every day in cardiff but today, shenkin and i and his goat major are on a mission. he's getting a lot of attention here. and mark, this is exactly what you want. it is most certainly is, yes. what we're here to do today is, obviously, he's got to get used to crowds, different road surfaces, sheer volume because it's all the build—up now for national armed forces day when he's going to be marching in front of thousands of people and the bigger picture again is the stadium when we lead wales out, so he's got to be people friendly. so our aim today is to have a walk around the city centre. people can come up to him and say hello to him, he can get used to different things as part of his training process. but training a goat is no easy task. initially, when it was just me sat in the pen with him, all day long waiting for him to come to me to earn my trust. w

over the last few months, we've been following the progress of shenkin iv since his predecessor, shenkin battalion the royal welsh. since 1884, the role of the goat mascot has been to lead the battalion wherever they go and since shenkin iii died back in september, the race has been on to get a new goat trained. this is not something you see every day in cardiff but today, shenkin and i and his goat major are on a mission. he's getting a lot of attention here. and, mark, this is exactly what you want. it is most certainly is, yes. what we're here to do today is, obviously, he's got to get used to crowds, different road surfaces, sheer volume because it's all the build—up now for national armed forces day when he's going to be marching in front of thousands of people and the bigger picture again is the stadium when we lead wales out, so he's got to be people friendly. so our aim today is to have a walk around the city centre. people can come up to him and say hello to him, he can get used to different things as part of his training process. but training a goat is no easy task. initially,

, shenkin the 3rd, died last year.ember, the race has been on to get a new goat trained. this is not something you see every day in cardiff but today, shenkin and i and his goat major are on a mission. he's getting a lot of attention here. and mark, this is exactly what you want. it is most certainly, yes. what we're here to do today is, obviously, he's got to get used to crowds, different road surfaces, sheer volume because it's all the build—up now for national armed forces day when he's going to be marching in front of thousands of people and the bigger picture again is the stadium when we lead wales out, so he's got to be people friendly. so our aim today is to have a walk around the city centre. people can come up to him and say hello to him, he can get used to different things as part of his training process. but training a goat is no easy task. initially, when it was just me sat in the pen with him, all day long waiting for him to come to me to earn my trust. which, as you can see, we are doing quite well. shenk