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Wiltshire lamb born without a fleece saved from the chop | |
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A lamb born without a fleece is to be spared the chop. | A lamb born without a fleece is to be spared the chop. |
Skippy, nicknamed because of his resemblance to a kangaroo, was born fleeceless on a farm at Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire last week. | Skippy, nicknamed because of his resemblance to a kangaroo, was born fleeceless on a farm at Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire last week. |
Rejected by its mother, the bald newborn has had to be bottle fed and kept warm in a fluffy fashioned fleece. | Rejected by its mother, the bald newborn has had to be bottle fed and kept warm in a fluffy fashioned fleece. |
Sally-Ann Fisher, who is hand-rearing Skippy, said: "We felt a bit sheepish about his intended career so he's going into grassland management instead." | Sally-Ann Fisher, who is hand-rearing Skippy, said: "We felt a bit sheepish about his intended career so he's going into grassland management instead." |
Ms Fisher, who farms with her partner near Ramsbury, said it had been a "bonkers week" after news of Skippy hit the headlines. | Ms Fisher, who farms with her partner near Ramsbury, said it had been a "bonkers week" after news of Skippy hit the headlines. |
However, despite being born with "everything against him" the 12-day-old lamb was a "survivor", she said. | However, despite being born with "everything against him" the 12-day-old lamb was a "survivor", she said. |
"We've had a change of heart about Skippy's intended career in the food industry," she said. | "We've had a change of heart about Skippy's intended career in the food industry," she said. |
"Instead he's going into grassland management and will also be a lead sheep for our flocks of ewes. | "Instead he's going into grassland management and will also be a lead sheep for our flocks of ewes. |
"Years ago shepherds used to get a hand-reared male lamb and put a bell around it and it was much easier to bring the flocks off the fells - so he's going to have a similar role." | "Years ago shepherds used to get a hand-reared male lamb and put a bell around it and it was much easier to bring the flocks off the fells - so he's going to have a similar role." |
She added that Skippy was "ewe-phoric about the news". | She added that Skippy was "ewe-phoric about the news". |
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