The Camperdown ewes are indeed all very old now. I think I am also correct in saying that there have been problems with Yonies disease there. So the present hoofstock is never transferred.
The last Mouflon sheep in England.
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The Camperdown ewes are indeed all very old now. I think I am also correct in saying that there have been problems with Yonies disease there. So the present hoofstock is never transferred.
Mouflon ram
Sorry to dig-up this old thread but I've become interested in the subject due to a recent event and came across this site .
To cut a long story short : a mouflon ram (almost the image of the one in the "Ram needs a mate "story ) appeared running loose in Sussex . Either it had been dumped or escaped
It may have been loose for some time or previously neglected as its horns had started to press into its cheeks .
It latched onto a hobby flock of badger-faced ewes but luckily could'nt reach them and was eventually trapped in an adjacent paddock .
Reluctantly on the part of the land-owners ,who did in the short time available try to find an alternative solution ,he had to be destroyed as he was not carrying ear tags .
Sorry to dig-up this old thread but I've become interested in the subject due to a recent event and came across this site .
To cut a long story short : a mouflon ram (almost the image of the one in the "Ram needs a mate "story ) appeared running loose in Sussex . Either it had been dumped or escaped
It may have been loose for some time or previously neglected as its horns had started to press into its cheeks .
It latched onto a hobby flock of badger-faced ewes but luckily could'nt reach them and was eventually trapped in an adjacent paddock .
Reluctantly on the part of the land-owners ,who did in the short time available try to find an alternative solution ,he had to be destroyed as he was not carrying ear tags .
Vulpes
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Well that is most unfortunate!
I had forgotten about this thread but funnily enough I was at a market last week and there was an exotic meats stall and on the menu were Mouflon! I asked the man where all the different meat had come from. He told me mostly Africa via Holland but he said the Mouflon came from Scotland!
I had forgotten about this thread but funnily enough I was at a market last week and there was an exotic meats stall and on the menu were Mouflon! I asked the man where all the different meat had come from. He told me mostly Africa via Holland but he said the Mouflon came from Scotland!