Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
California firefighters are enlisting help from some unusual allies to prevent more deadly wildfires from ripping across the state -- goats.
The Ventura County Fire Department is releasing hundreds of goats next week north of Los Angeles to eat dead brush that could become fuel for a fires.
"They'll eat until we like the way the landscape looks, and then we move them to another area," Captain Ken VanWig, who oversees the department's vegetation management program, said in an interview. "They're very effective."
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:08PM (2 children)
Will Verizon throttle the bandwidth for too many goats?
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:56PM (1 child)
Screaming or Fainting goats?
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Thursday May 09 2019, @10:48AM
goat.se