How Goats Are Being Used To Prevent Wildfires In Ireland
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How Goats Are Being Used To Prevent Wildfires In Ireland

NPR  

How Goats Are Being Used To Prevent Wildfires In Ireland Hills in Ireland are covered in a dry shrub called gorse that is responsible for many of the fires there. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Ireland's hills are often covered with a dry shrub called gorse that is responsible for a lot of the fires there, so officials now have a plan to prevent gorse fires next year. MELISSA JEUKEN: So goats love gorse, so that's a happy win-win situation. She's a professional goat herder who has just started a new job training goats to eat gorse, but to do so strategically to prevent wildfires.

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The goats fighting fires in Los Angeles
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The goats fighting fires in Los Angeles

BBC  

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