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No kidding: Dozens of goats chow down in Idaho neighborhood

(Ruth Brown | Idaho Statesman | The Associated Press) Scores of goats much on the flora and fauna in a residential area of Boise, Friday, Aug 3, 2018. About 100 escaped goats munched on manicured lawns in Idaho's capital city on Friday morning before being rounded up and hauled away.

Boise • About 100 escaped goats have munched on manicured lawns in Idaho’s capital city before being rounded up and hauled away.

Multiple news outlets captured the goats calmly eating grass and shrubs in a Boise neighborhood Friday morning before a trailer arrived amid applause from neighborhood residents.

(Ruth Brown | Idaho Statesman via AP) Scores of goats much on the flora and fauna in a residential area of Boise, Friday, Aug 3, 2018. About 100 escaped goats munched on manicured lawns in Idaho's capital city Friday morning before being rounded up and hauled away.

It's not clear where the goats came from or how they got loose.

Goats are sometimes let loose in the nearby Boise foothills to eat wild plants and reduce wildfire threats.

(Ruth Brown | Idaho Statesman via AP) Scores of goats much on the flora and fauna in a residential area of Boise, Friday, Aug 3, 2018. About 100 escaped goats munched on manicured lawns in Idaho's capital city Friday morning before being rounded up and hauled away.