Lawn-mowing goats made an escape from a yard in Michigan and were discovered by the Southfield Police Department on Monday (September 6).
According to UPI, the Southfield Police Department spotted a loose herd of goats and rams behind a Michigan home. The resident of the home told the police that they were not his.
Now a mystery to the police department, the loose animals were taken by the Macomb County Animal Control until they could discover who they belonged to.
Police discovered that another resident rented the animals from a Tecumseh farmer. The goats and rams are used to roam around and "mow" lawns by eating the grass and then fertilizing it at the same time, but the goats had accidentally gotten loose and wandered off.
"Goatscaping" has become a more popular alternative to hiring traditional landscapers.
Here is what The University of Minnesota said about the benefits of "goatscaping":
"Using goats to clear land provides many benefits that traditional human management practices do not. Goats provide a source of fertilizer, which they work into the soil with their hooves. Goat hooves also stomp on weeds, helping mitigate them in future growing seasons. The goat digestive system can aid as a herbicide when trying to prevent the spread of weeds. When a goat eats seeds from a weed, its saliva contains an enzyme that neutralizes several seed types. After the material passes through the goat and is excreted, the seeds are no longer viable to grow back. "