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NOTHING FOR THE WORK CREW. UMASS LOWELL IS WELCOMING SOME FOUR-LEGGED TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. 120 SHEEP ARE NOW ON CAMPUS ESLANGSLY KNOWING THE LAWN. BASICALLY HELPING US DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGING AREAS WHERE YOU CAP NOT PUT A MORE STEEP SLOPES AND REAL ROUGH VEGTITION AND THINGS LIKE TO. REPORTER: THIS IS A NEW ENDEAVOR BY THE UNIVERSITY SO FAR IT IS A SUCCESS. >> THEY HAVE DEAN GREAT JOB AND IT HAS BEEN GREAT FOR US ALL THE WAY AROUND. THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE WORK OF TEN MEN IN A WEEK AND A HALF THAT WOULD NORMALLY TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS. REPORTER: THE SHEEP CAN CLEAR A SECTION OF TREKY DER RAIN IN DAYS AND THEN IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY WORK FAST AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LANDSCAPE. >> THEY ARE ALL PREGNANT AND THEY ARE ALL DO ABOUT THE TENTH. REPORTER: ALLEN OWNS HUNDRED OF SHEEP AND GOATS ALL AVAILABLE FOR RENT. WE'RE NOT IN A COMMUNITY HERE ANY MORE. SO FOR LIGHT OF PEOPLE JUST SEEING THEM IS A LOIT. AND FOR A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THEY REALLY LIKE THIS SUSTAIN K OF IT. REPORTER: CLASSES ARE OUT FOR NOW SO THERE IS NOT A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC ON CAMPUS. 1:00. REPORTER: BUT FOR THE FEW PEOPLE AROUND, THE SHEEP SEEM TO BE AHIT. >> THERECTIONS A BEEN UNBELIEVABLE HERE. I MEAN, WE HAVE HAD STUDENTS ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF AND PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THE CAMPUS AND THEY HAVE BEEN GOING WILD AND SO TO SPEAK OVER THE FACT WE HAVE SHIP OUT HERE IN HE EASTING THIS GRASS. >> WELL, I DO HAVE TO SAY, IT IS PRETTY GREAT TO SEE THESE SHEEP OUT HERE EATING THE GRASS AS FAR AS COSTS WHEN THEY WERE OVER ON NORTH CAMPUS THEY THOUGHT MOLT THINK WOULD SAVE MACHINE NAIN BROUGHT THEM OVER HERE TO SOUTH CAMPUS AND THE TERRAIN IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER. SO IT ENDS UP IT WILL BE COST NEUTRAL. BURR THEY STILL CONSIDER THAT A SUCCESSF

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