It started out as a joke. Let’s use goats to cut the grass at the landfill! Then, city staffers took a serious look at the idea. Last summer, Portsmouth bought 10 goats to nibble the landscape at its ...

PORTSMOUTH -- The City of Portsmouth purchased 10 goats and 10 sheep last year to help maintain the lawn at the Craney Island landfill, but officials now say it's too much for the animals to handle.

Company hires its goats to cut down fire-fueling vegetation Goats can navigate terrain where firefighters would have trouble moving Goats can help with regrowing vegetation as their hoofs aerate the ...

A herd of goats that are used to control rats by eating vegetation on a cliff are being axed in a council cost cutting move, despite fears that it will cause a rodent infestation in a seaside town.