Vegetation specialist are on the job

By 6abc
MERRICK, N.Y. (AP) - March 31, 2009

They're vegetation control specialists, better known as goats.

The Town of Hempstead, N.Y., has put the Nigerian dwarf goats to work at the Norman J. Levy Park & Preserve.

They're the size of puppies now.

But they'll grow to about 50 pounds each, after eating plenty of weeds.

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