San Diego Gas & Electric’s famous firefighting goats that reduce vegetation that might otherwise become fuel for wildfires have moved into a new grazing corridor.
Approximately 300 goats for SDG&E now spend their days grazing under the power lines in Clairemont Mesa. As the goats snack on vegetation, they reduce potential wildfire fuel and therefore the potential for utility-related fires.
As the goats moved from one corridor to the next on Tuesday morning, community members joined in on the fun, petting, feeding, and cheering the goats on as they trekked across the street to their new home for the next few weeks.
But the feeding and petting from the community is a special treat for the goats. According to Roland Franklin, the communications manager for SDG&E, the communities near the goats usually have few complaints about the four-legged friends, but instead are eager to visit, play with, and feed them — but that is generally discouraged…