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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: 4, Funny) by DannyB on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:20PM (1 child)
Configure the goats to eat the plants only down to a certain length, leaving some plant stubble, but not a fire hazard. Put that in the next sprint.
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 08 2019, @09:07PM
I believe this is coded in the hunting season laws - give bounties for kills when the grass is getting to the right length.
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