Baa! O'Hare turns to goats to clear airfield brush

http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/baa-ohare-turns-goats-clear-airfield-brush-6C10919618

Jason Keyser The Associated Press
Aug. 14, 2013

In a remote corner of O'Hare International Airport, far from its high-profile modernization mega project, a decidedly more low-tech initiative is being carried out by a barnyard band of goats, sheep, llamas and wild burros.

The mission of the roughly two dozen animals: to mow the grass. And lots of it.

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Other airports have similar programs, including at San Francisco International, which uses a company called Goats R Us to clear brush each spring in an effort to protect nearby homes from potential fires. The other airports are in Atlanta and Seattle.

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