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bigtree

(85,998 posts)
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 10:13 AM Aug 2018

First Sign of the Apocalypse

Joe Parris @KTVBJoe

#Breaking - About 100 goats are on the loose right now in a #Boise neighborhood. They are going house to house eating everything in sight. Nobody has a clue where they came from...updates to follow














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First Sign of the Apocalypse (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2018 OP
It's just the new neighborhood lawn and fertilizer service dhol82 Aug 2018 #1
Goats don't eat grass malaise Aug 2018 #7
Then consider it the new pruning service. dhol82 Aug 2018 #8
our major regional park uses goats for noxious weed mitigation. niyad Aug 2018 #35
Yep that they do malaise Aug 2018 #39
LOL! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #9
Not so fast. Let them eat the English Ivy first. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #2
Here in NC Lindsay Aug 2018 #3
A kid'll eat ivy too. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #4
Felix! Louis1895 Aug 2018 #27
They do that in GA, too. My brother bought a house in Atlanta. louis-t Aug 2018 #19
Yup NC goats for rent steventh Aug 2018 #21
Goats will eat almost anything in sight radical noodle Aug 2018 #29
That is so funny LeftInTX Aug 2018 #23
Heh heh. I noticed that. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #38
Send them my way Saboburns Aug 2018 #5
Oh my goodness Corvo Bianco Aug 2018 #6
goat rodeo 0rganism Aug 2018 #10
Not the Apocalypse wcollar Aug 2018 #11
I love goats! I hope they are OK. Solly Mack Aug 2018 #12
More homeless due to Goat HUD budget cuts... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #13
Call Mother. The apocolypse has begun. 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #14
You've got to be True Dough Aug 2018 #15
Umm...Goatpacolypse? Liberalhammer Aug 2018 #16
Check with the local yoga studio!! Sancho Aug 2018 #17
Rampaging Ruminants BBG Aug 2018 #18
Refugees? miffelplix Aug 2018 #20
thread winner haha... dhill926 Aug 2018 #24
welcome to du!! I see you are off to a great start!! niyad Aug 2018 #33
Let the goats eat those vines Renew Deal Aug 2018 #22
these flash mobs are getting out of hand n/t hfojvt Aug 2018 #25
Come here! Soxfan58 Aug 2018 #26
Third picture cracks me up hibbing Aug 2018 #28
I hope their owner has insurance radical noodle Aug 2018 #30
I thought my friend's weed mitigation team was still at the park. ooops.... niyad Aug 2018 #31
Around here goats are brought in to eat buckthorn in parks and other public land. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #32
Goat-a-palooza has ended. A truck with "We Rent Goats" on the side of it just rounded them up. catbyte Aug 2018 #34
Oh my JustAnotherGen Aug 2018 #37
First things first JustAnotherGen Aug 2018 #36
There's a flock here in Sacramento too shanti Aug 2018 #40

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
1. It's just the new neighborhood lawn and fertilizer service
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 10:16 AM
Aug 2018

You’ll be getting a bill at the end of the month.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
7. Goats don't eat grass
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 10:56 AM
Aug 2018

They destroy shrubs

They'd better hope no Jamaicans are around. It's Independence weekend and curry goat is a major part of the celebrations.

Lindsay

(3,276 posts)
3. Here in NC
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 10:36 AM
Aug 2018

there are goat owners who rent out their goats to eat the kudzu. Dunno about ivy, and we have that, too.

steventh

(2,143 posts)
21. Yup NC goats for rent
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 12:06 PM
Aug 2018

A friend of mine near Raleigh NC rented out her goat to neighbors to eat out-of-control vegetation, mostly ivy and kudsu.

Solly Mack

(90,773 posts)
12. I love goats! I hope they are OK.
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 11:19 AM
Aug 2018

I like how they have lookouts in the street. Smart marauding takes smart planning. Note the smaller goats surrounding the humans - people always fall for the little cute ones - great distraction.

I really do hope the goats are OK.



KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
13. More homeless due to Goat HUD budget cuts...
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 11:21 AM
Aug 2018

Has anyone made sure those guys are registered to vote?...........

3Hotdogs

(12,391 posts)
14. Call Mother. The apocolypse has begun.
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 11:35 AM
Aug 2018

Next will come locusts and famine when the goats eat all the veggies.

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
28. Third picture cracks me up
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 12:22 PM
Aug 2018

Looks like the two people are saying what the heck or are afraid to move.

Peace

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
32. Around here goats are brought in to eat buckthorn in parks and other public land.
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 12:26 PM
Aug 2018

We don't have kudzu; we have buckthorn, which is kudzu with thorns. Bring on the goats.

shanti

(21,675 posts)
40. There's a flock here in Sacramento too
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 02:23 PM
Aug 2018

The owners rent them out to clear out blackberry bushes by the river mostly.

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