crowds come to see goats begin chomping down weeds in NY park

[Demovictory9]

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It was about 15 minutes into the second-ever “Running of the Goats” ceremony on Wednesday when the large crowd of spectators gathered at 120th Street and Riverside Drive began chanting: “Free the goats! Free the goats!”

Twenty-four goats were awaiting their release into the not-so-wild to begin their weed-grazing journey through Riverside Park. The crowd erupted in cheers once the goats were let out of a trailer and began running down a staircase into a fenced enclosure.

“I don’t think I’ve seen anything more random than this,” said Meera Sitaram, 30, of the Upper West Side.

Five of the goats — Buckles, Chalupa, Mallemar, Ms. Bo Peep and the fan favorite Skittles — will stay in the park until the end of August. New Yorkers will be able to vote for their favorite online, in an election that, in a nod to the recent primary, will use ranked-choice voting.

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[SheltieLover]

1. Awesome!

In some parts of rural NC, people will tell you you're not "country" if you don't have goats mowing your yard.

[Demovictory9]

4. City folks now getting to enjoy goats

[MagickMuffin]

2. I had two goats until they were no more, Casper and Poppy

Sweetest girls ever.

Now I need some to eat a poison ivy patch.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

3. Awwww! 🐐 🐐💖

[Trueblue1968]

5. i like Big Goats and i can not lie !!!!!!