White Rock Lake has some new four-legged contractors on the clock. A herd of roughly 260 goats arrived yesterday to chow down on dense stands of invasive privet along the east shore near the Bath House Cultural Center. The animals are part of a city vegetation-management project that will move through roughly 11.5 acres in daily 1- to 1.5-acre sections over about 10 to 11 days. Park staff are stressing that these are working animals, not a pop-up petting zoo, and they are asking visitors to keep a safe distance.
Where the herd came from and the numbers
City officials put the deployment at 260 goats in a press release, with trucks hauling the animals in from Fort Worth and Weatherford, according to the Lake Highlands Advocate. Reporters who saw the…..