In Vermont and elsewhere, goats have been a hot topic of late.
In the Green Mountain State, Montpelier this week announced it would be bringing some goats in to help control poison ivy growth. Seven Days Digital Editor Andrea Suozzo had the pleasure of writing this headline as a result:
It is hard to understate how proud I am of writing this headline. pic.twitter.com/0q8Yjyoywm
— Andrea Suozzo (@asuozzo) August 8, 2018
Turns out, the goats have names:
VT files: Montpelier brings in "Supreme Court goatuses" Ruth, Bader, and Ginsburg to clean up the streets. via @wcax https://t.co/h02nyt1wIb pic.twitter.com/HolCb4mE6U
— James Napoli (@JamesNapoli_) August 9, 2018
AND, of course, goats in Boise, Idaho, made headlines late last week when they descended upon the city in droves. Behold, a play in four acts:
#Breaking – About 100 goats are on the loose right now in a #Boise neighborhood. They are going house to house eating everything in sight. Nobody has a clue where they came from…updates to follow pic.twitter.com/K0ghUwQEfk
— Joe Parris (@KTVBJoe) August 3, 2018
Here is a live look at #Boise Goat-a-Paloza 2018 pic.twitter.com/RTZR6bWsRP
— Joe Parris (@KTVBJoe) August 3, 2018
Party is over “kids”! Loose goats have been cornered and loaded back onto a truck owned by “We Rent Goats” pic.twitter.com/qWHrb7X7n6
— Joe Parris (@KTVBJoe) August 3, 2018
The “new kids on the block” are now off the block! The final goats are now reluctantly going home. What a morning pic.twitter.com/Quyca6owdy
— Joe Parris (@KTVBJoe) August 3, 2018