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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Walking through Boston Common and seeing dogs or the occasional squirrel is nothing out of the ordinary.
A little less ordinary is seeing cows and sheep, but that was what happened on the Common Tuesday.
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"There are still laws on the books that say you can graze livestock on Boston Common," said Meghan Gennings, Director-at-Large of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation's board of directors. "Now you’ll see mostly dogs here on the Common, but it used to be where people would bring animals from all over the state."
Once a year, the bureau sets up livestock pens to give highfalutin city slickers a chance to learn about life on the farm.
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"I think a lot of people, especially that live in Boston, don’t have a direct connection to farms," Gennings told WBZ NewsRadio. "So this is a way for people to connect, to be able to meet farmers, ask questions."
The Livestock on the Common event started as a way to connect with lawmakers on Beacon Hill.
"Now it has really transformed into kind of a public education event as well, because who can say no to coming up to petting a calf on the common," said Gennings.
WBZ’s Chaiel Schaffel (@CSchaffelWBZ) reports.
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