Goats

Many years ago, when I first came to Vellore, I wondered why the movie (and other) posters hanging on the walls of town had been removed from the bottom 2 to 3 feet of the wall. Perhaps it was some obscure ordinance or wall regulation.

Then one day I discovered the reason:


Vellore is teaming with goats, as is most of India. They are nature's garbage disposals, at least in a land where much of the population eschews pigs and pork. They are not picky eaters, and they wander about town disposing of piles of garbage. And they seem to particularly enjoy posters advertising Bollywood's newest and best.

That's why all the posters are missing up to the level of a goat's chin.