bout 200 former members of Congress and their families are buried in the
Congressional Cemetery in southeast Washington, D.C. Lots of other
famous people are buried there, too, such as J. Edgar Hoover, the first
director of the FBI and Mary Ann Hall, the madam of D.C. who ran a
bordello for Civil War soldiers.
A few months ago the cemetery
found itself with some extra property, but the property is covered with
thick poisonous plants that can suffocate the trees. Clearing the land
with machinery and pesticides would have cost more than $10,000 and
would have harmed the environment. So the cemetery settled on something
better: Goats!
Goats can eat poisonous plants and are able to
clear an entire acre in only a few days. The cemetery ordered about 60
from a company called Eco-Goats who brought the goats from Maryland to
eat at the cemetery for a full week.
Goats are pretty much
gluttons. "It just amazes me, the sheer volume of vegetation that can go
through a goat in a short amount of time," said Brian Knox, who raises
the animals. "You're looking at 10 to 15 pounds per animal, per day."
After a week, the goats will clear 1.6 acres of land at a cost of only
25 cents per goat per hour.
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