Universal Studios is reducing its fire risk with an eco-friendly method – goats
- For the second year in a row, around 500 goats have returned to the Universal Studios Lot, not to front a Hollywood production, but to take on a starring role in wildfire prevention.
- The herd is grazing across hundreds of acres of brush-covered hillsides in Universal City, with the “goat-scapers” clearing dense vegetation and eating brush up to about six feet high, reaching areas traditional equipment can struggle to access.
- Once the goats finish their work, landscapers remove larger brush and lower branches, while tree crews handle higher vegetation to complete the cleanup.
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- For the second year in a row, around 500 goats have returned to the Universal Studios Lot, not to front a Hollywood production, but to take on a starring role in wildfire prevention.
- The herd is grazing across hundreds of acres of brush-covered hillsides in Universal City, with the “goat-scapers” clearing dense vegetation and eating brush up to about six feet high, reaching areas traditional equipment can struggle to access.
- Once the goats finish their work, landscapers remove larger brush and lower branches, while tree crews handle higher vegetation to complete the cleanup.
Sources: The Independent