A Llama in the Yard Makes an Impression On the Neighbors reports on a new trend:
People have used animals as prey, pets and food for thousands of years. Bored with conventional landscaping, some homeowners now are using bulls, sheep, chickens and other live animals as outdoor decor.“Why do people have horses? You never see them ride them,” says Don King, president of Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, an organization of 5,000 cattle breeders. Instead, he says, the point is: “You can have something that no one else has.”
There’s something oddly…decadent…about buying llamas, Texas longhorns, and African pygmy goats as lawn decorations.