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It is very common in Spain to use goats and sheeps to clean the low vegetation from forests and and reduce the wild fire risk. I heard that first time 10 years
by nudpiedo 7y ago
It is very common in Spain to use goats and sheeps to clean the low vegetation from forests and and reduce the wild fire risk. I heard that first time 10 years ago, I cannot imagine why the neighbour country wouldn't do the same until nowadays.
- PedroBatista 7y agoWe've being doing it for years, I don't know why this is news now. Probably some friend of a friend of a NYT journalist learned about it now.
- cowmoo728 7y agoNYC had some goats this summer to clear vegetation. There was a big launch party and lots of media attention. It probably put goats on the radar of some NYT journo.
- rjtavares 7y agoThe article is about a specific government program of "firefighting goats" ("Cabras Sapadoras") that was launched last year. The concept itself, of course, is not new.