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Frankie

frankiethefiregoat

About Me

I'm a very special four-year-old goat who lives with my brothers and sisters as part of Sarah and Hugh Bunten's herd. We are worker goats for Nanny & Billy's Vegetative Management, eating dry brush all day to protect the hills and canyons from wild fires. We very much want to go to work for the City of Los Angeles to munch dry brush in Griffith Park and other precious parts of L.A., and to live in Peck Park in San Pedro when we are not at work. To be perfectly frank, I am kind of a funny worker goat... my personality is more like a dog's. That's why sometimes you will see me at public events with my all-showgirl fan club, the Ashettes, educating the public about fire safety and how inexpensive, ecological and just plan cool it is when goats get involved.

My Interests

Grass, hay, clover, thistles, mustard, ear scratches.

I'd like to meet:

Members of the LA City Council (I have already met Eric Garcetti and Tom LaBonge, who are both great guys who appreciate a good looking goat). Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Representatives of the LA Parks and Recreation Department. Pretty girls in fire hats. Fire captains. Anyone who signs my petition at http://www.1947project.com/firegoat

Music:

Mostly metal (sign of the goat and all) and some burlesque grinds that the Ashettes taught me. Also, I have a theme song, sung to the tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Frankie the hungry fire goat/ loves to gobble brush all day/ he brays because he's happy/ like horses eating tasty hay/ all of the parkland creatures/ love it when he comes to town/ Frankie the hungry fire goat/ helps to keep the bushes down/ when a fire starts to spread/ water's not enough/ to stop the flames from racing through/ if the hillside is too rough/ that's why we need a hero/ to help the wildfires end/ Frankie the hungry fire goat/ He's a fireman's best friend!" (Thank you, P. Edwin Letcher, for the lyrics)

Movies:

Miss Nanny Goat Becomes an Aviator, A Romance of Billy Goat Hill, Goofy Goat Antics, Bobby Bumps Gets Pa's Goat, Rookie Fireman

Television:

Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres

Books:

Giles Goat-Boy, Animal Husbandry for Dummies, GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali

Heroes:

Griffith J. Griffith, my herd, anyone who cares for animals and the natural world and does all they can to protect both