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Dozens of Goats Munch on Pretty Lawns

No kidding: Residents are surprised to see them
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Aug 3, 2018 5:10 PM CDT
Dozens of Goats Munch on Pretty Lawns
Scores of goats much on the flora and fauna in a residential area of Boise, Idaho, Friday, Aug 3, 2018. About 100 escaped goats munched on manicured lawns in Idaho's capital city on Friday morning before being rounded up and hauled away.   (Ruth Brown/Idaho Statesman via AP)

About 100 escaped goats have munched on manicured lawns in Idaho's capital city before being rounded up and hauled away, the AP reports. Multiple news outlets captured the goats calmly eating grass and shrubs in a Boise neighborhood Friday morning before a trailer arrived amid applause from neighborhood residents. It's not clear where the goats came from or how they got loose. Goats are sometimes let loose in the nearby Boise foothills to eat wild plants and reduce wildfire threats. (More Boise stories.)

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