Goats Make San Francisco Airport Safer
To reduce a potential fire hazard, San Francisco International airport used goats for clearing grass in an environmentally sensitive area.
San Francisco, gateway to one of the most technologically advanced areas of the world, is turning back the clock and using an age-old method of clearing grass -- goats.Dozens of goats were herded on to land close to San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday to chomp on the grass and reduce its potential as a fire hazard.
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Published on Thursday, May 15, 2003 in
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