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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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California Dispatches Goats to Eat Brush, Prevent Wildfires
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(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday May 08 2019, @10:14PM (4 children)
I have seen a goat eat both blackberry and gorse.
I have no idea how they do it, my theory is that their mouths are made of steel.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday May 09 2019, @01:34AM (3 children)
Having raised a few back in my youth, I'm pretty sure they're just too stupid to connect the pain in their mouth to what they're chewing on.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday May 09 2019, @01:45AM (2 children)
I wasn't sure about goats, but every time I eat lamb chops I think back to my youth working in shearing sheds, and how stupid, smelly and ill-tempered sheep are and I enjoy the revenge of eating their offspring all the more.
I hate sheep. Cows are pretty laid back usually, but sheep are arseholes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 09 2019, @02:15AM (1 child)
Those are heavily-bred sheep.
I have heritage variety sheep, and while they can be smelly if you confine them, out in the open they're fine. They're also quite smart - cunning even. And they're pretty mellow as long as they know you.
If they don't know you, and you try taking liberties with them, get used to the feeling of horns and hooves. But really, I can't blame them for that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 09 2019, @05:55AM
PartTimeZombie is from New Zealand. Taking liberties with a sheep has a whole different meaning down there.