Besides keeping lawns neatly trimmed, sheep have proven to be a powerful mood boost for students, staff, faculty and visitors on the campus of the University of California at Davis.
Sheepmowers provide environmentally-friendly and cost-effective landscape maintenance, while also reducing stress and promoting human mental health and well-being”
Source: Medium, May 24, 2023. Link.
INSIGHTS: Using sheep in rural and small acreage settings for controlling grasses and weeds is not uncommon albeit often with little human interaction compared to a campus environment. We’ll follow this initiative to see if any outcomes or warnings related to animal stewardship, biosecurity and if songbird and small wild mammal interactions surface.