This is an ‘only in San Francisco’ story:   Laguna Honda Hospital is competitively bidding out the task of brush clearing and is seeking a good, qualified goatherd complete with flock to complete the task. (Yes, goatherd is one word– and yes, you spell it without an ‘er’ at the end– at least according to dictionary.com).

Here’s the description of the job they’re bidding out:

Clear brush, shrubs, plants, weeds from 22 acres of property at Laguna Honda Hospital. . . must be performed by goats and supervised by goatherders (sp) who will stay on site with the goats to monitor cutting activity, moving fences and goats. This price to include all transportation, fencing, monitoring, herders, and all other charges pertaining to proper care and handling of these animals. The city to be held harmless for any loss of goats, theft or otherwise.

This brings up all kinds of questions. Do the goatherds bring the goats in and out everyday or are they allowed to sleep with them like they do in the Bible and Joanna Spyri’s ‘Heidi?’ Is there a limit to the  number of goats you can bring in? How long should this job take? And how hard is it to find a good goatherd these days?

City Bidding Out Slaytanic Goatherding - SFBG
 

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