Our plea to save seven sheep has been answered with the woolly herd now happily enjoying their new home. We had only just appealed to our supporters through the bulletin (#16) to adopt the woolly flock of seven, when Wendy and Dick offered to assist. SAFE successfully paired up the two couples and within days the wary flock were en route to their new Waikato home. Wendy said, "The sheep have arrived safely and are enjoying our lush paddocks. They will be shorn soon and join the rest of the small flock. One is quite a talker and on the journey home told us exactly what she thought of moving. However she did share our apples so I think she likes us. Tracy was sad to see them go." Their former protective guardian, Tracy, was due to have a baby so her and her partner needed to move to a bigger home. Tracy says she misses them but is very happy with the outcome. "Thanks again for all your help with relocating them. Wendy and Dick are lovely people and I feel that I have done the best I possibly can for the sheep - I'm really pleased with the outcome," says Tracy. Previous story:SHEEP NEED A HOME
Seven sheep near Hamilton are needing a new loving home. Can you help? The current people are expecting a new baby and need to move.
"I would love for them to go to someone who can give them a good quality of life - and not end up going to the freezing works," says Tracy, who has to reluctantly depart with her woolly flock. All seven sheep are ewes - five are around four years of age and the others are approximately two years old. Tracy says they appear to be in good health and have been sheared and drenched annually. Tracy thinks the landlord (who left the sheep when he moved) raised one of the older ewes from a lamb. "She is the first to come onto the property and is quite friendly. I think he saved the other ewes from the abattoir where he used to work. The two younger sheep still have their tails. I am not really a farmer at heart and do not believe in docking. I would love for the mothers and their lambs to stay together," she says.
28 October 2010
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