You would have a hard time getting your local city government on board with this one. According to a recent article in The New York Times, the City of Paris (France, not Texas) just approved four shaggy black sheep as the newest lawn mowers for the city’s municipal archives building.
Apparently, the archivists requested a donkey for groundskeeping and were instead given four sheep by the mayor’s office. Since his election in 2001, Mayor Bertrand Delanoe has made the environment a priority. As a part of his initiative, Mayor Delanoe is handing out livestock to city-owned entities.
“City Hall refers to the project as ‘eco-grazing,’ and it notes that the four ewes will prevent the use of noisy, gas-guzzling mowers and cut down on the use of herbicides,” The Times article states. “The eco-grazing project began as an initiative to attract the public to the archives, and informational panels have been put in place to explain what, exactly, the sheep are doing here.”
