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I'm sorry to be cross posting but felt that this emergency was an okay
excuse to do so. Given the range of contacts for Sheep-L and Graze-L we
are hoping that someone can help.
A 2-year old sheep was picked up in lower Michigan to be taken back to
the UP. My good friend stopped for an overnight in the Kent City
Michigan area, haltered and tethered this mature ewe to a post and left
her to graze in a quiet area of this rural pitstop. Within an hour the
ewe had managed to spring her clip and escape into a heavily wooded area
surrounding the property. All this area is quite rural farm land and
the ewe has been spotted in heavy cornfields. She is obviously doing
her best to avoid capture and is clever enough to be successful.
The ewe in question is a mature Shetland. She is in full fleece and a
moorit (brown). She was attacked by coyotes last year and rescued only
to have to have a good deal of stitching around her neck. She has
obvious scarring and lost fleece around the neck. She was wearing a red
halter (and should still be unless she is even more clever than one
might imagine!). She has a green scrapie tag in her ear (Indiana).
If anyone lives or knows someone in this geographic area, please let
everyone know that this ewe is running wild. Shetlands do not respond
well to being pushed (dogs rarely succeed in herding them, typically
only sending them further a field) and it would be best if she were
slowly lured into a safe area with grains and then slowly forcing her
into a trap. Given her life threatening event with coyotes, we imagine
that she will work hard to avoid them should she come upon any, but she
is alone and quite vulnerable at this time.
I am sending this message out for a friend who was actually the new
owner of this sheep. I had 4 Shetlands do an 8-week walkabout last year
and know what she has in front of her. Please use my phone as a
contact. My friend was in transit when this happened and has had to
return home to her larger flock in the greater UP of Michigan. I will
help make connections should you happen to see this runaway.
Thanks for your help! Cynthia L. Caillagh-Allen Cazenovia, WI (608)
983-2430
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