Goats Invade California Neighborhood

[Renew Deal]

Isaiah Thomas still not invited.

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[Hekate]

1. Come ON, you have to give us the back story & location!

Stopping to snack on suburban flowers!

[nsd]

5. San Jose

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[jcgoldie]

2. I've got about 75 goats here...

I cannot count the number of times I was the exact guy in this video chasing and yelling "Hey hey hey hey... go go go..." as they were devouring the fruit trees in the orchard or grape vines off an arbor or my wife's flowers...

[Hekate]

3. There seem to be a couple of dogs who know what they are doing...

[Recursion]

12. I know it was probably the goatherd's dog, but

I love the idea of some suburban border collie looking out his front door, seeing the goats rampaging, and saying "This is my hour!"

[Hekate]

15. We had a Sheltie a long time ago. I caught that sweet boy trying to herd our two cats....

Yes, I can definitely see a Border Collie heading out to round up those goats!

[marybourg]

4. Those must be goats people rent to eat their overgrown yards.

[Talitha]

6. LOL.. towards the end of the vid, were those little Goat poopie-pellets all over the sidewalk?

Goats - gotta love 'em.

They remind me of Otters.

Just eat and play.

We should be so lucky.

[Celerity]

8. Yep, they proper shit up the sidewalks and street.

[sprinkleeninow]

7. I really tried to keep from laughing. Sure they can eat their way through the

neighborhood and do damage. 🐐

[Demovictory9]

9. the goats stuck together and moved with purpose

[Grasswire2]

10. Be careful.

I lost part of my foot this past winter to an amputation for staph bacteria associated with goats, which I evidently picked up in a nearby park where goats had grazed foliage. Staph "Caprae" -- infiltrated a blister when I walked in some muddy water in the park.

[Hekate]

16. That's horrible. I hope you are rehabilitating all right. nt

[Zambero]

11. "Goat-gate"

In regard to who opened the gate to let all those goats out?

[Totally Tunsie]

13. 🎵 Who let the goats out? Who? Who?🎵

[SleeplessinSoCal]

14. The Guadian covered this thusly...

"Around 200 escaped goats stormed residential streets of San Jose, California, after breaking through a fence. The goats were rounded up and under control within minutes but 'everyone had to spend the next hour or so picking up their poop', Zach Roelands, a local resident, said."

[Hekate]

17. Do you know the way to San Jose?

[Brainfodder]

18. Goats, better behaved and more respectful than Republicans!

[Rollo]

19. In this area, a herd of goats is kept to keep down flammable vegetation growth in the hills...

The goat owner often will transport the goats to new locations as needed. Usually he puts up bright orange temporary fencing around the location to keep them from wandering off target. I don't know if this is the same operation, but it's not unusual in the Bay Area for such goats to be used for fire management.

[Silver Gaia]

20. We have them here.

I'm in northern CA. Our goats are moved around town from April to December (roughly) to eat the weeds and keep the fire hazard down. We love our goats!

[EndlessWire]

21. I have goats

for weed control. I only have two pigmys. I am thinking of getting two more, but that would be all.

Goats are herd animals. My goats have confused my husky with a herd leader. My husky tells them what's what in no uncertain terms. When I want the goats, I call the dog. The goats stay together, but they follow the dog.

One of the sweet moments in my life is the sight of two goat heads peeking around a corner hoping I have treats for them. They are wary of my husky, who always seeks to control all the food sources, but they are always just a few feet away. They are sweet, gentle animals who eat darn near everything.

I have caught them eating the cardboard boxes that Amazon sends. We compete for those boxes.