| 词条 | Seven Sisters Sheep Centre |
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The Seven Sisters Sheep Centre is a farm near East Dean, in the Seven Sisters Country Park of the South Downs. It holds a large collection of about 50 sheep breeds, including rare breeds no longer raised by commercial farmers, and a number of Southdown sheep. Besides sheep, other animals on display include goats, pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs, cats, geese and ducks, a cow, a Shetland pony, and a donkey. Visitors can feed the animals feed pellets, bottle-feed the lambs, or take a ride on a tractor. Terry Wigmore, the owner of the farm, also demonstrates sheep shearing and milking. Wigmore founded the Centre in 1987 when the estate for which he worked as a livestock manager closed off its livestock operations. He bought 120 of their sheep and began his own business.[1] Wigmore says: "We used to lamb the estate ewes through these yards, and every weekend there would be loads of people looking over the gate, trying to see in. I thought I might make a living inviting them in. The next year we started doing tours, then I decided to make it a full-blown tourist attraction."[2] External links
References1. ^{{Cite news | title = Nothing as precious as a new born lamb | newspaper = Eastbourne Herald | location = Eastbourne | date = March 10, 2003 | url = http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/NOTHING-AS-PRECIOUS-AS-A.291788.jp | accessdate = 2010-08-26}} {{Agri-stub}}2. ^{{Cite news | last = Watkins | first = Jack | title = A celebration of our shear diversity | newspaper = Telegraph | date = May 3, 2008 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3341412/A-celebration-of-our-shear-diversity.html | accessdate = 2010-08-26}} 4 : Sheep|Tourist attractions in East Sussex|Farms in England|Buildings and structures in East Sussex |
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