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  2. Shepherd - Wikipedia

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    European exploration led to the spread of sheep around the world, and shepherding became especially important in Australia and New Zealand where there was great pastoral expansion. In Australia squatters spread beyond the Nineteen Counties of New South Wales to elsewhere, taking over vast holdings called properties and now stations. [citation ...

  3. Australian Shepherd - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Shepherd is a breed of herding dog from the United States. The name of the breed is technically a misnomer , as it was developed in California in the 19th century. It is believed to have its origins in sheepdog breeds from northwest Spain , as well as collies imported, alongside sheep, from Australia and New Zealand ; the breed ...

  4. Category:Fictional shepherds - Wikipedia

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    Fictional shepherds, persons who tend, herd, feeds, or guard herds of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations, and existing in agricultural communities around the world and an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry .

  5. Herding dog - Wikipedia

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    The New Zealand Huntaway uses its loud, deep bark to muster mobs of sheep. [5] Belgian Malinois, German Shepherd Dogs and Briards are historically tending dogs, who act as a "living fence", guiding large flocks of sheep to graze, while preventing them from eating valuable crops and wandering onto roads.

  6. Sheep farming in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    As of 2007, New Zealand had approximately 39 million sheep, nearly 10 sheep for every person in the country (the 2006 human population was 4,027,947 [15]), [16] placed in sixth position among the most populous sheep farming countries of the world. In June 2015, sheep numbers were at 29.1 million.

  7. Coopworth - Wikipedia

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    The Coopworth soon became widespread. By 1984 it was the second-most numerous breed in New Zealand after the Romney, constituting almost 20% of the national flock and almost half the number of Romneys; in 2000 it represented about 10% of the whole population, while the Romney made up almost 60%. [3]: 20

  8. New Zealand Heading Dog - Wikipedia

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    The New Zealand Heading Dog is a New Zealand breed of working and herding dog derived from the Border Collie. The dogs are sturdy, long-legged and even-haired, and use their visual prowess, intelligence and quick movement to control sheep. They are generally black and white in colour, but may also be tan. [1]

  9. Christchurch - Wikipedia

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    Christchurch is the second-largest manufacturing centre in New Zealand behind Auckland, the sector being the second-largest contributor to the local economy, [205] with firms such as Anderson's making steel work for bridges, tunnels, and hydroelectric dams in the early days of infrastructure work. Now manufacturing is mainly of light products ...