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Now that Ottawa residents have gorged themselves on holiday delights, 13 goats will be taking a seat at their own Christmas table — to chow down on your tree.

The Constance Creek Wildlife Refuge is accepting donations of old Christmas trees to feed to their flock of hungry goats.

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“They mostly get hay this time of year and that’s really boring,” executive director Lynne Rowe said.

“They do get very excited when there’s trees.”

Rowe said goats are natural browsers, meaning that they eat off trees. They will eat just about all of a Christmas tree, including the bark and needles, right down to the trunk.

“They (the flock) can go through three a day,” she said with a laugh. “I often just ration out, though, to spread them out over a longer time.”

Rowe said the goats can smell the coniferous scent.

“They don’t make a lot of noise but they’ll come running out and start nibbling right away,” she said. “Hopefully some of them will talk.”