Massive herd of goats randomly shows up in Idaho suburb
A massive herd of about 100 goats randomly showed up in a West Boise, Idaho suburb Friday and promptly began to devour the greenery on people’s properties. That included going lawn to lawn and grazing on grass, ravaging bushes in people’s gardens and pulling down leaves from trees, NBC affiliate KTVB reported. The sprawling hoard of animals arrived on Summerwind Drive at approximately 7 a.m. local time and lined the street for over an hour.
Animal Control made it to the scene at about 7:30 a.m. after being told there were only 50 goats in the area, but did not have a big enough truck to pick up all the animals upon learning there were dozens more than they expected ...
The Animal Control officer then directed traffic for the next hour until a company called We Rent Goats — which uses goats for community-serving purposes such as eating an overabundance of weeds — finally came to the rescue at around 8:30 a.m. and managed to corral them onto a truck.
It’s unclear if the herd belonged to We Rent Goats specifically, but the Humane Society confirmed the animals are owned by a company that uses goats to eat excess grass and plants and somehow got loose Friday. The strange spectacle seemed to be mostly enjoyed by the residents of the neighborhood, as many stood outside and watched as the dozens of goats accumulated in the lawns.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ny-news-goats-herd-idaho-neighborhood-20180803-story.html
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