Some Interesting Facts About Sheep…

Tue 6 Oct 2015 admin

 

Well, it kind of flew under the radar a bit here at Wooden Blinds Direct, but it is officially Wool Week!

Wool Week is a small part of the Campaign for Wool. The Campaign for Wool is a global endeavour initiated by its patron, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in order to raise awareness amongst consumers about the unique, natural, renewable and biodegradable benefits offered by the fibre.

There are many events that are taking place to help raise awareness for Wool Week, including: Youtube videos, Instagram campaigns, fashion lines, woolly hat day (09/10/15!) and right now, there is a flock of sheep residing in Saville Row!

 

Sheep on Saville Row

 

Sheep on Saville Row

 

To celebrate sheep, and wool, in all its glory we decided to scour the internet and find some interesting facts about sheep. Because we’re just nice people like that.

 

The Argali is the biggest of all the wild sheep. It stands up to 4ft at the shoulder, grows up to 7ft long and can weigh in at a ridiculous 180kg! That’s as much as this guy!

Argali Specimen

 

In 2012, a Chinese animal breeder turned down a £1.1million offer on one of his extremely rare Wagir sheep, of which only around 1,000 still exist. He wanted to keep and breed the ram for himself.

Wagir Sheep

 

The most expensive sheep ever sold was an 8 month old Lexel Ram called Deveronvale Perfection. In 2009 it sold for £231,000.

Lexel Sheep 2

 

There is a sheep that looks like it was spawned in the bowels of fiery hell then sent to earth to raise us as its minions!!! It’s called the Jacob sheep.

Jacob sheep

 

There are over 1,000,000,000 sheep in the world, with around 30,000,000 of those in New Zealand. That’s 7 sheep per person…

New Zealand Sheep

 

President Woodrow Wilson grazed sheep on the White House South Lawn. The wool obtained from the sheep was sold to raise money for the Red Cross during World War I. The flock included “Old Ike,” a tobacco-chewing ram.

White House Sheep on Lawn

 

 

 


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