Goats Breach Security At NYC Bridge
New York City officials discovered trespassers in the form of goats. They discovered that the National Park Service imported the goats to take care of the poison ivy and other weeds that had been cropping up in the historical Fort Wadsworth Revolutionary War rampart on Staten Island.
Brian Feeney - the spokesperson for the park - stated that the goats are brought down every year from Rhineback, N.Y. - but escape two weeks ago. According to officials, the dozen goats — or, as the Daily News described them, “weapons of grass destruction” — managed to slip under a metal fence separating the fort from bridge property, without setting off electronic alarms or sensors installed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to guard against intruders.
In a statement, the MTA’s Bridge and Tunnel Division said the fence was not actually part of the bridge protection system. Because the animals did not get past a second, more formidable fence, the agency said, “there was no security breach” affecting the bridge that spans New York harbor between Staten Island and Brooklyn.