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December 2, 2008 8:11:42 PM CST



Overgrown LA Tract Turns to 'Scape Goats

Posted Sep 9, 08 11:58 AM CDT in Technology US 

(Newser) – The sight of 100 goats feasting through a weedy tract in downtown Los Angeles yesterday had commuters guessing whether the caprine contingent was part of a movie, performance art—or perhaps lunch. In fact, the city hired the (land)scape goats in lieu of gas-powered weed whackers as a greener, cheaper fix, the Times reports.

Electric fencing protects the grazing animals from the surrounding concrete jungle, but it couldn't stop a cell-phone photo shoot. "My friends won't believe this unless they see it," one onlooker said. The goats were rented for $3,000, about half of what it costs to have workmen bulldoze through the sloped plot. Plus "it's a wonderful contrast," notes one observer.

Source Los Angeles Times

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Goats "won't collect a pension or charge for working overtime and won't call in sick," said the keeper of a group of the animals clearing an overgrown lot in downtown Los Angeles.   (KRT Photos)
Goats are a cheaper, greener alternative to humans wielding gas-powered trimmers for clearing weeds off urban plots.   (AP Photo)
Goats are becoming a popular way to clear weeds because they are cheaper and more environmentally friendly than gas-powered whackers.   (AP Photo/Bill Wolf)
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