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Domestication of sheep and goats began in the 8–7th millennium BC. Originally this process began in Western Asia, on the territory of modern Iran and Iraq. Shepherding was a difficult task: primitive herders did not have horses and moved their cattle for grazing on foot as horses and donkeys were not yet fully domesticated and obedient enough.
Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India Shepherd with grazing sheep in Făgăraș Mountains, Romania. A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry.
A last group of sheep breeds is that of fur or hair sheep, which do not grow wool at all. Hair sheep are similar to the early domesticated sheep kept before woolly breeds were developed, and are raised for meat and pelts. Some modern breeds of hair sheep, such as the Dorper, result from crosses between wool and hair breeds.
Shornie – a freshly shorn sheep. [8] Shepherd's crook – a staff with a hook at one end, used to catch sheep by the neck or leg (depending on type). SIL – Scanned In Lamb; Slink – a very young lamb. Rollover sheep handler for crutching, foot inspection and paring, general husbandry, udder inspection etc. Springer - a ewe close to lambing.
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Other names for the breed include Shepherd's Dog and bob-tailed sheep-dog. [1] The nickname Bob-tail (or Bobtail ) originates from how dogs of the breed traditionally had their tails docked . Old English Sheepdogs can grow very long coats with fur covering the face and eyes and do not shed unless brushed.
30,000 cattle and sheep were driven from Wales to London each year. [7] A weekly cattle market was founded midway between North Wales and London in Newent, Gloucestershire in 1253. [7] In an Ordinance for the cleansing of Smythfelde dated 1372 it was agreed by the "dealers and drovers" to pay a charge per head of horse, ox, cow, sheep or swine. [8]
Sheep farming in Namibia (2017). According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the top five countries by number of head of sheep (average from 1993 to 2013) were: mainland China (146.5 million head), Australia (101.1 million), India (62.1 million), Iran (51.7 million), and the former Sudan (46.2 million). [2]