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Goat herders prevent California wildfires. Most haven’t seen their families in years
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhat's a fair wage for immigrant goat herders? Demand for goat grazing to reduce wildfire fuel has...
Legislature will vote on bill to save California goat herders for two more years
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“I didn’t have goat herders on my bingo card for this budget year,” said Asm. Vince Fong, R-Kern...
Cops Forced to Act as Herders After Escaped Goats Take over a Texas Neighborhood
PetHelpful via AOL· 3 months agoPolice officers are pretty used to getting calls and finding themselves in situations that they'd...
Grazing goats prevent California wildfires. New salary rules may jeopardize the industry
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoCalifornia wildfire prevention is at risk after new labor requirements separated goat herders from...
Inside the world of California's fire-reducing goats, a quirky but popular weapon against...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA herd of goats stand in their pen before grazing on drought-stressed land as part of city wildfire...
When vegetation choked off water recharge basins, who did CAP call? Goat munchers
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCorrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story misidentified San Tan Valley. In an...
No kidding: California overtime law threatens use of grazing goats to prevent wildfires
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHundreds of goats munch on long blades of yellow grass on a hillside next to a sprawling townhouse...
Climate change spells cultural extinction for Nepal’s nomadic herders
The Independent via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe nomadic herders of Mustang who’s livestock have grazed the pastures in the Nepalese Himalayas...
Herders on front line of India’s Himalayan dispute with China say they’re losing grazing land – and...
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoHigh in the Himalayas, the people of a remote northern Indian territory fear their way of life is...
Goats can help prevent wildfires, but a law could end some businesses
Newsy via AOL· 12 months agoAfter years of devastating wildfires that charred millions of acres in California, thousands of goats have become key in reducing the risk of another year of destruction. The animals, called ...