SHIPPING SHEEP; OFFICIALS FIND OWNER OF FLOCK GONE ASTRAY.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Lost: Little Bo Peep Little Bo Peep is an eponymous character from a nursery rhyme. Bo Peep is a shepherdess who loses her sheep and receives advice on how to get them back. Commonly the rhyme goes:
Animal control officials had to take care of 107 young ewes - all pregnant - plus a lamb that wandered away from their flock and onto a woman's property in the far western Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . ``Normally sheep have a sheepherder and dogs following them around,'' said Sgt. Leslie Troncale, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Animal Care and Control officer. ``These were out there on their own for some reason. ``Maybe,'' Troncale added, ``they're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the manger for Christmas.'' The sheep's owner turned up Wednesday afternoon and made arrangements to come pick them up, Troncale said. Bakersfield sheep rancher Jose Maritorena told authorities the sheep were part of a flock of about 900 that had been grazing some three miles from where the strays turned up. The strays showed up Sunday outside a woman's home near 258th Street West and Avenue B-8. She herded them inside a fence, began checking with neighbors and waited for the herder to show up. When no one came to claim the sheep, she called authorities Monday. Troncale said all the sheep are about a year old, healthy and due to deliver lambs in eight to 10 days. One lamb has already been born. ``We could go to 214 or even more if some of them have twins,'' Troncale said. ``Most herders breed their sheep so they all give birth together.'' Officials said it took several people and several trips to haul all the sheep Tuesday to the Lancaster Animal Shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. . ``This was a whole-day job for us,'' Troncale said. ``We had several of our staff involved.'' At the shelter, which often takes in stray farm animals, the sheep were placed in a corral corral a small fenced-in enclosure with high, wooden fences, suitable for holding cattle or horses. corral system a management system in which range cattle are put into corrals and fed hay for a period when the environment is most and fed alfalfa alfalfa (ălfăl`fə) or lucern (l  sûn`), perennial leguminous plant (Medicago sativa hay and grass. Their owner promised to send hay if he could not get them trucked away by Wednesday afternoon, she said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color in AV Edition only) Sandy Cramer, an aide at the Lancaster Animal Shelter, holds one of several sheep that got lost from their flock. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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