TOKYO >> Goats kept as pets are on the rise in Japan, especially among social service organizations and businesses. Notable for their gentle and friendly nature, the animal is said to have a healing ...

Raia Olsen, left, shown rounding up the livestock at the Mililani Agricultural Park with husband Daniel Olsen, started Oahu Grazers, which offers a flock of sheep as a form of fire risk management.

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When Raia Olsen, owner of Oahu Grazers, pulls up to the solar farm in Mililani and lets her flock of sheep out of the trailer, they know just what to do.