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Arbs goats munch to the beat of a different drummer

By adamg on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 3:45pm
Goat in the Arnold Arboretum

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For the second year, the Arnold Arboretum has turned to goats to beat back the weeds running roughshod over parts of its Peters Hill side. This week, three goats were unleashed in a fenced off overgrown area just up the path from the entrance at South and Bussey streets.

An arboretum worker says even more goats are on the way.

When we visited the goats this afternoon, one was hard at work eating weeds, while the other two lazed in the shade:

Goats

H/t Rachel Lerner for alerting us to the goats in our midst.

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Comments

By Elmer on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 3:56pm.

By anon on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 4:26pm.

The entire Muddy River needs a herd of them to go nom nom nom on the mighty phragmities.

By Ebolasaurus on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 4:32pm.

Arbo Goats are the GOAT

By Ebolasaurus on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 4:33pm.

This totally floats my goat

By M on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 7:49pm.

(n/t)

By Darryl on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 5:15pm.

...in Hyde Park the year before last.

By adamg on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 6:30pm.

And the year before that, too.

By carpeweekum on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 9:27pm.

Arbs goats munch to the bleat of a different drummer

By adamg on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 9:35pm.

Arrgh, how did I miss that?

By anon on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 7:37pm.

Wonder how long it'll take for one of the goats to get murdered by the unleashed dogs yet again.

By adamg on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 9:42pm.

It survived and got better. Maybe you're thinking of the great blue heron some dogs ripped apart.