US-ENVIRONMENT

Goats eat overgrown vegetation at the Brackenridge Park Conservancy in San Antonio, Texas, on June 22, 2023. The landscaping squad of Mocha, Wynonna, Nelson and Beckham yank out weeds at Brackenridge Park. They don't carry chainsaws or use herbicides. They are goats, and this environmentally friendly initiative is, for them, merely lunch. The hungry goats, who bleat to their master Kyle Carr, are part of a team of 150 ruminants pruning the brush on a 6.5 acre (2.6 hectare) section of San Antonio's sprawling Brackenridge. And they are part of a growing trend: as officials and residents across the country seek out more ecological ways to care for the land, the goats are providing a carbon-free -- and surprisingly effective -- solution. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)