A herd of about 180 Boer, Spanish, and Nubian goats cleared vegetation in Deer Canyon Park in Anaheim on June 13, a regular people-pleasing strategy of managing and clearing vegetation to protect nearby homes from possible wildfires.
AF&R contracts with Environmental Land Management to use goats to gobble up fuels that would feed a brush fire.
Below is a video, followed by more images of the goats.
And be sure to mark Saturday, June 30 on your calendars.
From 9 a.m to 1 p.m. that day, Anaheim Fire & Rescue will host a Baby Goat Party at Station 10, 8270 E. Monte Vista Rd. Come meet 100 baby goats and learn how you can do your part to protect your home from wildfire.
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Water is provided to the goats since they don’t always have access to a stream.
Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge OC
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Bobo, a Great Pyrenees dog owned by Environmental Land Management, keeps an eye on the goats grazing in Deer Canyon Park in Anaheim.
Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge OC
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Goats are used to help clear the hillsides of grass as summer increases the possibility of brush fires.
Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge OC
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Natali Rudometkin, community engagement specialist for Anaheim Fire & Rescue, greets Leila, one of the many goats that are pregnant, at Deer Canyon Park.
Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge OC