{"id":129,"date":"2013-06-06T09:10:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T09:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2016-12-19T08:11:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T08:11:40","slug":"goats-in-the-moats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":"Goats in the moats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Strolling through the Tuileries\u00a0 gardens in Paris this month of June you will see abundant blue iris, ducks,crows and &#8230;goats&#8230;yes, goats.<\/p>\n<p>These are<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chevredesfosses.fr\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>moat goats, or ditch goat<\/strong><\/span>s<\/a>. They are an ancient and rare species used to trim the grass in places where it is difficult or risky to use manual grass cutters or lawnmowers.<\/p>\n<p>Pity they don&#8217;t eat the plastic bags lying there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-20-at-4.39.16-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-176 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-20-at-4.39.16-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1013\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-20-at-4.39.16-PM.png 1013w, https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-20-at-4.39.16-PM-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-06-at-10.52.52-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-131 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-06-at-10.52.52-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-06-at-10.52.52-AM.png 511w, https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-06-at-10.52.52-AM-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-05-at-3.18.56-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-130\" src=\"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-05-at-3.18.56-PM.png\" alt=\"goats \" width=\"573\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-05-at-3.18.56-PM.png 573w, https:\/\/fashionsphinx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-05-at-3.18.56-PM-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Strolling through the Tuileries\u00a0 gardens in Paris this month of June you will see abundant blue iris, ducks,crows and &#8230;goats&#8230;yes, goats. 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