BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP

Image: Connessioni territoriali: Connessioni Mostra collettiva arte contemporanea, “Connecting People” - Mamoiada (NU) (2019), Pietrina Atzori.

Baa Baa Black Sheep: two women, one French, one Italian, sharing a passion for two breeds of sheep on the edge of extinction. Have they any wool? Yes sir!

By Helena Wadsley

A small flock of sheep huddle in the shade of a tree while a tractor traces the number eight through the knee-high grass around them. They remain unperturbed, unusual for sheep but a characteristic of this calm Dutch breed, called Zwartbles, meaning black blaze........

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