Goats for hire: Will eat weeds for $25K

From KXAN, September 9, 2008...

Bexar (BAYR) County has a new group of groundskeepers, and all 50 will work twice a week for only $25,000.

Then again, "the work" just involves gorging themselves on weeds at two county parks.

They'll be part of 2 goat herds used in a pilot project to control weeds at parks in the northwestern and eastern parts of the county. Commissioners today approved a $1.17 billion budget that included the appropriation.

The money will pay a rancher to supply two 25-head herds twice a week.

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