Goats? I don't have goats – just horses and cows. But I think that the animals with a leg at each corner have enough in common for me to project issues.

1 – they don't really eat the grass evenly.
2- they are not yet toilet trained – can you say “road apples”?
3 – domesticated livestock is the primary source worldwide of methane – a greenhouse gas.

Maybe they should offer the folks they laid off a job mowing with the old fashioned reel mowers or even scythes. They probably are toilet trained – although after being laid off they might have nefarious motives for excremental vandalism.