The trial at St Andrew’s Church in Narberth is part of the council’s drive for more environmentally friendly ways to tackle brambles and overgrowth.
A spokesperson for Narberth Town council said: “Narberth Town Council is continuing its work to enhance the grounds of St Andrew’s Church as part of our ongoing biodiversity and environmental improvement programme.
“To support this, we are trialling a natural and chemical-free method of managing overgrown areas by introducing Bio Goats – an eco-friendly solution for controlling brambles and invasive vegetation. These goats will help clear excess growth around gravestones and across the site, enabling us to implement a longer-term ground management plan.
“The goats are GPS ringfenced to remain within a designated area, and daily welfare checks will be carried out to ensure they are healthy, safe, and well cared for throughout their time on site.
“We kindly ask all visitors to support this initiative by avoiding the goat-grazing area while they are at work, keeping dogs on a lead at all times in the vicinity and ensuring children are supervised and kept a safe distance away.
“We understand that children may be curious and wish to see the goats. However, we respectfully ask that this is discouraged, as human interaction may disturb the animals and interfere with their natural grazing behaviour.”
The goats come from Clynderwen-based ‘Biogoats 2 Rent‘ which has already been used to provide an eco-friendly service for Pembrokeshire County Council, the national park, and for other local churches.
Rather than using collars, the goats are kept in their designated areas using GPS satellite technology, a process recently shown on Amazon’s Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy Clarkson’s hit farming programme.
