By William Crum, Staff Writer
“We got the bleat.”
And so they do.
Summer’s social media hitmakers in Oklahoma City are the 19 goats employed, as one website put it, as “lawnmowers” along the Hefner Canal.
Thanks to the still-anonymous comedian who created @hefner_goats on Twitter, the goats have names (Peebly to Penn, Rockwell to Kelley), advocates for their well-being (#TweetsNotTreats), and an outlet for social commentary (“Bunch of sheep on the news tonight”).
Their guard dog, Otto, has his own Twitter account, @OttoTheGreatP. Oklahoma City’s Facebook page has been busy, with many posters worrying about the heat and the city offering assurances that goats and dog are OK.
Leveraging the buzz, the city’s communications staff made five videos with employees reading @hefner_goats tweets aloud.
