This issue is discussed in a rather heated exchange:

Schechner, Richard. 1986. “Wrestling Against Time: The Performance Aspects of Agni.” The Journal of Asian Studies 45 (2): 359–63.

Staal, Frits. 1987. “Professor Schechner’s Passion for Goats.” The Journal of Asian Studies 46 (1): 105–8.

All the best,
Eric

On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 5:34 PM Tracy Coleman via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear Indologists,

In the documentary film Altar of Fire, one of the priests discusses the deliberations surrounding the traditional goat sacrifices and reports that they decided not to sacrifice the goats in this Agnicayana.  What exactly do they substitute for the goats?

Thank you for your help.
Wishing everyone well,

Tracy Coleman
Colorado College

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Eric Gurevitch

PhD Candidate, South Asian Languages and Civilizations and

Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science

University of Chicago

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