--- title: Boise Goats Casually Took Over the Neighborhood description: Neighborhood residents were confused when "about 100" goats appeared and started taking over their lawns. canonical: https://time.com/5357407/we-rent-goats/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-03T16:34:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:10.255Z og:title: These Goats Just Casually Took Over an Idaho Neighborhood og:description: About 100 goats were spotted casually grazing on lawns and climbing trees og:url: https://time.com/5357407/we-rent-goats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd3cda036eb7f632/6989370022fb85cc68e2655d/goats.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Open Farm Day UnderHill Fibers og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Goats Just Casually Took Over an Idaho Neighborhood twitter:description: About 100 goats were spotted casually grazing on lawns and climbing trees twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd3cda036eb7f632/6989370022fb85cc68e2655d/goats.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Significant Number of Goats Just Casually Took Over an Idaho Neighborhood  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 3, 2018 4:34 PM UTC  GORHAM, ME - JULY 22: A goat munches on some greens at UnderHill Fibers in Gorham during Open Farm Day on Sunday, July 22, 2018\. (Staff Photo by Ariana van den Akker/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) GORHAM, ME - JULY 22: A goat munches on some greens at UnderHill Fibers in Gorham during Open Farm Day on Sunday, July 22, 2018\. (Staff Photo by Ariana van den Akker/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)Portland Press Herald—Press Herald via Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 3, 2018 4:34 PM UTC A neighborhood in [Boise](http://time.com/money/4953485/31-u-s-cities-where-you-dont-have-to-earn-6-figures-to-live-well/item/boise-idaho-3/), ID became the scene of an unexpected goat takeover this week, as “about 100” [goats](http://time.com/4322944/goats-break-free-from-goat-parade/) descended on the lawns and gardens of a residential area — to the surprise of homeowners waking up to discover their new neighbors snacking on their front yards. “They are going house to house eating everything in sight. Nobody has a clue where they came from…” tweeted out local news reporter Joe Parris on Friday morning. The goats came in all shapes, colors and sizes and were snapped meandering around sidewalks and even making a few attempts to climb trees. > [](https://twitter.com/KTVBJoe/status/1025377752583532544) The event he coined “Goat-a-Palooza 2018” got many scratching their heads trying to figure out just where the goats had come from. But in the end, the mystery was solved as the animals were herded together and returned to their ostensible home. “Party is over ‘kids’!” Parris continued to update. “Loose goats have been cornered and loaded back onto a truck owned by ‘We Rent Goats.'” [According to local news](https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/new-kids-on-the-block-dozens-of-hungry-goats-descend-on-boise-neighborhood/277-580060084), the goats had been stationed on nearby land where they were let loose grazing; herds of goats are often used as a natural form of fire suppression and weed clearing. But somehow this particular group got away from their station and decided the neighborhood’s nice green lawns were more to their taste. > [](https://twitter.com/KTVBJoe/status/1025392685757038592) Parris’s goat-related puns were pretty good, but his followers had plenty to add. > [](https://twitter.com/keeltyc/status/1025380933426397184) > [](https://twitter.com/rdhesselbrock/status/1025382428062429185) > [](https://twitter.com/emorwee/status/1025385052639821824) But the “great escape” was not meant to last. 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