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Parisians who cringe at the sight of poop may worry that sheep droppings could ruin their pristine City of Light. But Divo said goat and sheep poop crumbles away in days to an odorless, inoffensive powder that serves as potent fertilizer for the grass. Another company known as Ecomouton, (Ecosheep in English), currently has 260 sheep working the premises of top companies such as Gaz de France. Ecomouton plans to expand that number to more than 600 sheep by the end of 2013. Its director, Sylvain Girard, said he's surprised by the initiative's success, with interest coming in from countries such as the Britain, Germany, Belgium and Russia. He's said the idea came to him by chance. "I have a company myself with lawn, and I was always running about after the guy who was meant to mow the lawn. One day I just thought:
'What if I just put in sheep?'" said Girard. "It was a bit of a wacky idea, but it worked."
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