PREVENTING FOREST FIRES: Goats used to clear vegetation from forest land in northern Portugal

A pilot-project in Santa Maria da Feira, in northern Portugal, to see how the grazing of livestock can help in clearing vegetation from forest land has shown that, in three months, 26 goats ranging over almost half a hectare can eliminate more than 12 tons of brush and rough vegetation.

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