The animals will be eliminating intrusive plants, such as poison ivy and mugwort, at New York City's Riverside Park. The goats were transferred from a farm around 100 miles away in Rhinebeck, New York, at the request of Riverside Park Conservancy. Every day, goats eat almost 25% of their body weight in shrubbery alone, creating a green way to cultivate some of the far-flung, precipitous regions of the park. President of Riverside Park Conservancy and CEO Dan Garodnick said: "For them this is like an all-you-can-eat buffet. (Image: REUTERS)(Image: REUTERS)"They especially love feasting on invasive plant species like Japanese knotweed and poison ivy that choke and kill native plants."

Source: Daily Mirror May 22, 2019 16:49 UTC