FIREFIGHTING GOATS? No kidding!
New Idea|January 15, 2024
THESE SPECIAL ANIMALS ARE DOING THEIR PART THIS FIRE SEASON
Megan Rowe
FIREFIGHTING GOATS? No kidding!

Hungry goats have been chomping their way to the top of the payroll to eliminate a fire hazard.

Queensland Rail certainly weren't kidding when they offered the fleet of 15 goats a three-month contract to act as living lawnmowers on two hectares of overgrown bushland near Tully railway station, in the state's far north.

The inaccessible area had become a bushfire risk leading into summer after dry grass reached two metres in height.

This story is from the January 15, 2024 edition of New Idea.

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