Ya herd?
Everyone’s favorite grass-munching goats are coming back to Prospect Park next month.
The small herd, which was brought to the park last year to help clear vegetation near the green space's famous Vale of Cashmere, have returned for another summer.
Last year, the six-goat crew were so good at their gig that they ate themselves out of a job and had to return to their upstate New York home. But they returned in August for a second round, as well as to provide nature-starved New Yorkers a great excuse to visit the park.
Finally visited the Prospect Park goats! pic.twitter.com/z0WerCC4fe
— Classic Red Clare (@hadaly) June 26, 2016
Goats are working very hard eating invasive plants🌿🐐 in Prospect Park. #goat #prospectpar… https://t.co/BEWtCGZuAM pic.twitter.com/F0R5vKGvA1
— Yoshiko Mori (@ForestBirds) June 4, 2016
Visiting the goats eating invasive plants @prospect_park's overgrown Vale of Cashmere #prospectparkgoats pic.twitter.com/V1BEzES0o2
— Allison C. Meier (@AllisonCMeier) May 30, 2016
The Prospect Park Alliance is hosting a special “Fun on the Farm” day to welcome the goats back to the park on May 21. Attendees can take a tour of the goats’ work area in the park’s woodlands, learn how sheep’s fleece is turned into wool at the Lefferts History House, and see a sheep-shearing demonstration at the Prospect Park Zoo.
The event is free and open to the public with an online RSVP.