PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As gun violence statistics in Philadelphia dip to pre-pandemic lows, city leaders are pleased with the decrease, but they know they didn't do it alone.

Grassroots community organizations have had a big hand in the change.

One of those organizations operates as a working farm in the middle of Germantown. Philly Goat Project operates on the grounds of Awbury Arboretum. The 13 goats who live there are actually part of the solution to gun violence.

"You don't know what's going to connect with a kid," said Leslie Jackson, director of operations for Philly Goat Project.

"If you care for an animal, if you care for something other than yourself, you're willing to grow and learn about things that re outside of your experience," she said.

The program uses goats to conn

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