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New York City's solution to overgrown brush and invasive plant species: goats [1]

['Ruben Bolling']

Date: 2023-07-09

Just about every year, New York City's Riverside Park brings in weed-eating goats as a natural, chemical-free way to remove unwanted and invasive plants on steep slopes and in hard-to-reach places.

New York City's Riverside Park Conservancy brings in goats to feast on weeds as a chemical-free way to remove invasive species pic.twitter.com/Glk2zTn5ar — Reuters (@Reuters) July 8, 2023

The goats' season in Riverside Park was initiated on Friday with a Goat Festival, including vendor booths, live music, activities, and, of course, goat treats. Last year's goat season was inaugurated with a "running of the goats."

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