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Google has decided once again to take drastic measures to make the world a greener place.

This spring, instead of using their usual fleet of mowers to trim the fields at their Mountain View headquarters, they've hired some goats from California Grazing to do the honors.

It seems that every so often a herder will bring around 200 goats to the campus and they will proceed to mill about for a week eating grass.  Added bonus: they will fertilize the grass too!

The herd of goats is going to run them about the same price as using the lawn mowers would have.  The goats are herded with the aid of a border collie named Jen.

What does PETA think of all this?  They don't seem to have a problem with it, as long as the goats are treated properly.  Amy Cook, an Assistant Marketing Manager at PETA had this to say:

PETA has no problem with letting goats do what goats want to do (e.g., look cute and eat weeds), but we do have concerns about how the goats may be transported, whether they are provided with access to shelter during storms and shade as well as water during hot weather, where they are housed when they aren’t “working,” what kind of veterinary care they receive, and what becomes of old and/or excess goats. PETA has found over and over that whenever animals are used by a business to make money, corners are cut and animals often suffer as a result. And that really gets our goat, if you’ll pardon the pun.

Is Google up to the task? Well, in response, Niki Fenwick, a Google representative, says this:

Google takes the wellness of our employees very seriously and we pride ourselves on having a responsive and adaptable culture. The lawn-mowing goats are not, of course, full-time Google employees - but we would certainly respond directly to any concerns about their treatment. I can confirm that during their time in Mountain View, like other Google employees, each goat is entitled to a free organic lunch.

Well, this is one of the more bizarre stories to come from Google in quite a while. Let's hope they're not "kidding".

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