History

in the UK, Canada, and US

St. Kilda: the ancestral home of our Soay sheep

As I watched our flock moving slowly through lush early summer pastures earlier this morning, I marveled again at how these small heritage sheep came to be here after surviving centuries of the harsh conditions and the isolation of the islands of St. Kilda that made this living remnant of an earlier age so hardy […]

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The historical puzzle of Soay sheep in North America – a missing piece found

One of the rewards of managing the Open Flockbook Project — documenting the ancestry of all known Soay sheep in North America — is tracking down missing parts of the family tree. We are pleased to report that one of the pieces has been rediscovered, a flock in Arkansas descending from a flock in Georgia, […]

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