800 goats stampede down Berkeley hill in viral video

BERKELEY, Calif., June 15 (UPI) -- Eight hundred goats raced through the hills above the University of California's Berkeley campus on Friday, stopping traffic and bewildering passersby.

The unlikely stampede, which was captured on video, is part of an annual effort by to reduce the risk of wildfires.

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or the Berkeley Lab, release goats to graze on the dry grasses that pose a fire hazard.

The goats are herded by a dog, seen in the video, who leads them back to the lab's Blackberry Gate.

According to the Daily Californian, the Berkeley Lab partners with Goats R Us, a company that provides the animals and helps take care of them during their six-week grazing period.