Along the Cumberland River just north of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, tourists on party pontoons float past the recognizable skyline, but they also can see something a little less expected: hundreds of sheep nibbling on the grass along the riverbank.
The urban sheepherder who manages this flock, Zach Richardson, said sometimes the tourist boats will go out of their way to let their passengers get a closer glimpse of the Nashville Chew Crew grazing a few hundred yards away from densely populated residential and commercial buildings.
The joy people get from watching sheep graze is partly why they are becoming trendy workers in some urban areas.
I get the overall point, but it’s kind of funny that the article’s title mentions sheep but the associated image features goats.
ETA: Oh wow, those are actually a type of sheep.
From the article …
The flock is comprised of hair sheep, a type of breed that naturally sheds its hair fibers and often is used for meat.
Yeah, there are species of short hair sheep that aren’t used for their wool. They’re pretty neat and the ones I’ve been around were super friendly and loved pets
They do it with goats in my city. They let them graze to remove the poison ivy.
They did that here just two weeks ago!
People are easy to please. If my senator came by and unclogged the toilet I would love that too.
Yeah, fr. It’s sad that we are at a point in history where “people enjoy watching cute animals being cute” is news. But… Yeah, of course people like nature. It’s nature.
