Downtown L.A. just redefined “Boho” by choosing goats as the new weed-whackers. A community development agency released a herd of 100 South African goats yesterday onto a contained plot, citing their increased efficiency, environmental friendliness and cheaper cost.

Goat-keeper George Gonzales said the goats will be eating weeds on the 2 1/2-acre patch of land for the next week to 10 days and “won’t collect a pension or charge for working overtime and won’t call in sick.”

Agency officials said the goats were cheaper and more environmentally friendly than two-legged brush-clearers armed with gasoline-powered weed-whackers.

All good reasons, but more importantly, goats are tasty.

[Passersby] wondered whether the goats were part of a movie scene or some kind of performance art, while others made jokes about the approaching lunch hour and goat barbecue.

Tasteless, people! Now the goats are gonna need a union to protect them from such insensitive harassment.

Gonzales warned against slaying and eating the goats:

“These just came from Monrovia and Duarte, and they have poison oak all over them. You don’t want to touch them.”

Unless you enjoy poison oak in your throat. In which case: Goat-kebab away.

Gonzales also made sure to prevent workplace romance, having had all the boy goats castrated. No comment on our thoughts on how that might benefit the Guanabee offices.

100 goats turned loose on a downtown L.A. plot [LA Times]
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