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Weed-Eating Goats Clear Twin Peaks to Prepare for Pride Weekend
NBC Bay Area ^ | Saturday, Jun 21, 2014

Posted on 06/21/2014 3:50:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Four-legged gardeners will assist with weed mitigation this weekend on San Francisco's Twin Peaks hillside in preparation for Pride Weekend, according to public works officials.

A herd of weed-eating goats will chomp their way through the unwieldy vegetation that overtakes the site of the annual Pink Triangle installation.

The goats arrived on Thursday and are expected to work throughout the weekend.

The 50-or-so goats take the place of machinery and herbicides, and will be supervised day and night by human goat herders, public works officials said.

San Francisco city grazing manager Genevieve Church explained that the goats provide benefits beyond just controlling weeds.

Their excrement adds nutrients to the soil and their urine slows down weed growth, she said.

San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru applauds the goats' grazing efforts.

"They can navigate the steep terrain nimbly and access areas that our employees would have a much harder time traversing safely to get the job done. Plus, goats are eco-friendly and really fun to see in San Francisco," Nuru said in a statement.

The canvas pink triangle, a trademark of Pride Weekend since 1995, will be installed near the top of Twin Peaks on June 28.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: fdrq; gaity; gays; goats
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To: nickcarraway
Filthy Disease Ridden Queers delenda est...
21 posted on 06/21/2014 5:10:42 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: nickcarraway
Gay, weed eating goats? Nothing surprises me about San Francisco. California is the land of fruits and nuts.
22 posted on 06/21/2014 5:12:53 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: nickcarraway

1983 Aussie study, 8,0000 gay man sample:

50% had over 100 partners

15% had over 1,0000


23 posted on 06/21/2014 5:25:21 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: nickcarraway

Can’t one half of the attendees start pulling weeds and the other half.....never mind.


24 posted on 06/21/2014 5:27:41 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Organic Panic

WTH? Pride in being a genetic dead-end?


25 posted on 06/21/2014 5:34:04 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: MasterGunner01

There’s only one thing amiss about ‘weed eating’ goats.

They’re not grazers, but browsers. They tend to eat woodier brush.

A minor point.

Otherwise a well written, by today’s standards, article.


26 posted on 06/21/2014 5:36:46 PM PDT by x1stcav ("The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.")
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To: nickcarraway

goat humpers parade?


27 posted on 06/21/2014 5:37:33 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: nickcarraway
The 50-or-so goats take the place of machinery and herbicides, and will be supervised defended from sexual assault day and night by human goat herders, public works officials said.

Fixed it.

28 posted on 06/21/2014 5:38:19 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: nickcarraway
I prefer this Twin Peaks
29 posted on 06/21/2014 5:45:32 PM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: Don Corleone
Don’t step in the steaming pies.

cows leave steaming pies, goats leave a little pile of peiiets....

30 posted on 06/21/2014 5:56:44 PM PDT by terycarl
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To: terycarl

pellets...!!


31 posted on 06/21/2014 5:59:45 PM PDT by terycarl
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To: x1stcav
Got it. Gay, browsing brush-eating goats it is.
32 posted on 06/21/2014 6:00:02 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: nickcarraway

Wonder if they thought about “goat crap” or will it be insignificant considering the smell from “pride” week?


33 posted on 06/21/2014 6:34:39 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Surgeon General Warning: Operation of Government Motors vehicles may be hazardous to your health)
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To: nickcarraway; All

Must have been a slow news day.... These goat herds are used through out the Bay Area to consume the vegetation on the hills. They are cost effective and quick. Have been in use for decades


34 posted on 06/21/2014 7:11:34 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: nickcarraway

Please keep Thad Cochran away from these Goats so they can do their job without being distracted by Thad’s incessant & indecent mounting.


35 posted on 06/21/2014 8:49:28 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: silent_jonny

Goats and gay pride parade bump. If only Naveed were alive today.


36 posted on 06/21/2014 8:56:07 PM PDT by Yaelle
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