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Salt Spring Island Sheep (502 words) |
 | There are 10 to 12 different breeds of sheep on Salt Spring, the oldest being the Suffolk which have been on the island since around 1890 when settlers came from Great Britain. |
| Salt Spring sheep are raised mainly for meat which is sold in local restaurants and supermarkets as well as to off-island markets and through farm gate sales. |
| The main predator for sheep are the dogs that go into sheep farms, chasing and sometimes killing the animals. |
| Hair Sheep in the U.S.: Historical Perspectives (438 words) |
| Although sheep with little or no wool had been known in parts of Texas since early in the 20th century, they were unknown or little known elsewhere in the country until 1970 or later. |
| The second importation of hair sheep to the US was of "fewer than 10" Virgin Island White sheep from the island of St. Croix in 1960; they were crossed with U.S. breeds to create the foundation for the Katahdin breed, and no pure descendants were kept. |
| Hair sheep (including a number of breeds/types not yet imported to the U.S.) are the predominant type of sheep in Caribbean and northern Latin American countries, but all such animals descend from hair sheep that came from West Africa one to two hundred or more years earlier, presumably in connection with the slave trade. |
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