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COLORADO SPRINGS — Days after they arrived in El Paso County to gobble up noxious weeds, 400 goats are leaving, fleeing hostile dogs and vandals in Bear Creek Regional Park.
Their owner, Lani Malmberg, is making good on a promise she made last year to leave if the untamed dogs became too much to control.
For 18 years, Wyoming-based herder Malmberg has brought her goats to the park to help control noxious weeds.
While park rules prohibit dogs without a leash, the county can’t legally punish dog owners by writing them a ticket, although that measure was contemplated in 2014, said Brad Bixler, the El Paso County park operations manager.
The ability to ticket dog owners would require an ordinance, Bixler said.
The Gazette
