Paris park service deploys four black sheep to trim lawns instead of machine mowers

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/03/paris-park-service-deploys-four-black-sheep-to-trim-lawns-instead-of-machine-mowers/



Four little black sheep on Wednesday left the countryside and began their new careers in the city: working as eco-friendly lawn movers in a largely working-class district in northeastern Paris.

Between April and October, the new “park workers” will graze grounds the size of eight tennis-courts in three two-week-long sweeps in a move to promote biodiversity and make the grooming of the capital’s green areas more sustainable — replacing both chemicals and lawn mowers.

Out of work, they will be resting back at a farm on the outskirts of Paris, the Ferme de Paris.

“For a lawn mowed 24 times a year, there is no biodiversity. When you use animals, the droppings attract insects and the insects bring birds,” said Eco Terra president Alain Divo whose company plans and organises eco-pasture projects in French urban areas.

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2. ...

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4. they are using goats

to take out shrubs and weeds at o'hare airport.

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5. hah genius!

okay maybe not totally genius, but smarter than burning up gallons of gas to mow crops of GRASS. Ugh, Humanity's just a dumb joke.