“Goats are used here in the Pac. NW to eat thorns and blackberry vines.”
The go nuts for blackberry leaves.
When I was in the Air Force in the 1960s, goats were used as ‘non-sparking’ lawn mowers in the POL tank farm.
At the end of the summer, the animals were disposed of through marketing and redistribution (salvage).
The local VFW post would usually be the successful winner,and the animals would end up as the entree at our fall barbecue.