sheep

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Today, the island is also home to 200 sheep and around 30,000 breeding pairs of Manx shearwater birds.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Once that stops, the sheep open their eyes and cavort around happily as if nothing had happened.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

The roadway carries more than a million vehicles each month and runs through a key population of bighorn sheep, Caltrans said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

“Forgetting was a tried-and-true way for sheep to get over their sorrows,” Swann observes in her book.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

I tell him about the vegetable gardens, the orchards, the greenhouse, pigs, chickens, sheep, and goats.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy