When sheep fly! Meet the SA woman moving the 'biblical' flock to Israel
15 May 2016 - 02:00
A South African woman is behind a move to repatriate Jacob sheep, the world's oldest and oddest breed, from Canada to Israel. The dappled goat-like sheep are biblically significant. They have been extinct in Israel for almost 200 years.Jacob sheep appear in the book of Genesis in the Bible and were given to Jacob by his father-in-law as wages.
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