In Chile, they employ firefighting goats to prevent wildfires by letting the animals graze in the area, which also aids in erosion prevention. Read more here.
In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special task force helping them fight blazes and its members have four legs and horns.
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In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special taskforce helping fight blazes: a herd of goats. The goats have already saved the native forest of the Bosques de Chacay once in February, preventing the park from being consumed by forest fires - fueled by…
SANTA JUANA, Chile (Reuters) - In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special taskforce helping fight blazes: a herd of goats. | 09:17am