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  2. Kea - Wikipedia

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    Since kea are now a protected species, their depredations are generally tolerated by sheep farmers, though why some kea attack sheep, and others do not, remains unclear. Various theories, including similarities with existing food sources, curiosity, entertainment, hunger, maggots as well as a progression from scavenging dead sheep and hides ...

  3. Schleicher's fable - Wikipedia

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    The sheep said to the horses: "My heart pains me, seeing a man driving horses." The horses said: "Listen, sheep, our hearts pain us when we see this: a man, the master, makes the wool of the sheep into a warm garment for himself. And the sheep has no wool." Having heard this, the sheep fled into the plain. [4]

  4. Domestic sheep predation - Wikipedia

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    Merino sheep tend to be the most vulnerable, due to their habit of scattering upon attack, unlike fat-tailed sheep which bunch together for defence. In Transvaal between 1965 and 1971, a study on the stomach contents of over 400 jackals showed that sheep constituted 6% of the diet of jackals living in game reserves, and 27% for those living ...

  5. Almost 30 sheep killed in one of ‘worst’ livestock attacks ...

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    The force believes the attack was carried out by one dog but “cannot rule out” that more dogs may have been involved. Almost 30 sheep killed in one of ‘worst’ livestock attacks seen by ...

  6. List of fictional ungulates - Wikipedia

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    Sheep Big Barn Farm: A live-action sheep. Gobo: Goat Big Barn Farm: A live-action goat. Colambo Sheep Sesame Street: A sheep detective that solves mysteries based on nursery rhymes. He is based on Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. Cowbella Cow: Jim Henson's Pajanimals: A pink, purple and white Italian cow that loves to play dress up and act like a ...

  7. The Sheep-Pig - Wikipedia

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    Sometime later, when Babe visits Maa in the fields, he sees sheep rustlers stealing the sheep. Babe saves the sheep and herds them away from the rustlers' lorry. He also bites one of the rustlers in the leg and squeals so loudly that Mrs. Hogget telephones the police. When the patrol car comes up the lane, the rustlers drive away, with no sheep.

  8. Velma Bronn Johnston - Wikipedia

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    Driving to work one day in 1950, Johnston was following a truck overcrowded with horses and saw blood dripping from the back. She followed it to a slaughterhouse, [3] and upon learning they were free-roaming horses gathered from private and state lands in Nevada's Virginia Range, she took action to ensure more humane treatment of free-roaming horses when captured and transported.

  9. Spindles Farm - Wikipedia

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    Spindles Farm was a farm in Hyde Heath, near Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, run by horse dealer James Gray (also known as Jamie Gray). [1] It was the location of a significant animal cruelty case in 2008 where dozens of horses were neglected, some being left to starve to death. [ 2 ]