Santa Cruz sheep are an extremely rare breed of domestic sheep that once existed as a feral population on the Santa Cruz Island of the Channel Islands of California.[1] Small and hardy, the sheep were all killed or removed from the island to prevent destruction of natural habitats. Today, they number fewer than 200 animals. This breed is primarily raised for wool.[2]
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SantaCruz Island (Spanish: Isla SantaCruz, Chumash: Limuw) is located off the southwestern coast of Ventura, California, United States. It is the largest...
Puerto SantaCruz is a town and municipality in SantaCruz Province in southern Argentina. It lies near the Atlantic coast on the northern bank of the...
it has historically been threatened by feral herbivores such as the SantaCruzsheep and is making a gradual recovery. It is a federally listed threatened...
Introduced mammal species include feral pigs, cats, rats, deer, cattle, the SantaCruzsheep, and the Catalina Island bison herd. Other mammals include the harvest...
purple. The main threat to this species on SantaCruz Island was the presence of feral SantaCruzsheep. The sheep have been removed, allowing the plant to...
fence lizard, island night lizard, Channel Islands slender salamander, SantaCruzsheep, San Clemente loggerhead shrike and San Clemente sage sparrow. Other...
also known as the island jay or SantaCruz jay, is a bird in the genus, Aphelocoma, which is endemic to SantaCruz Island off the coast of Southern California...
breed rescues when it removed a viable population of SantaCruzsheep from SantaCruz Island. The sheep were in danger of being eradicated by The Nature Conservancy...
sheep except for the addition of some genetic diversity. SantaCruzsheep Crews, Ed. "Rare Sheep from Hog Island and Leicester". Colonial Williamsburg (Summer...
(literally, "Mount Money") is a town on the southeastern tip of Patagonia, in SantaCruz Province, Argentina. It is located near the Strait of Magellan, 120 km...
best sheep-herding areas along the Strait had been leased or reserved by 1884. At this point the governor of the Argentine territory of SantaCruz Carlos...
Chubut (mainly Merino) is the top wool producer with SantaCruz (Corriedale and some Merino) second. Sheep farming revived in 2002 with the devaluation of...
This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep. Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently...
populations on the islands. In the early 1980s 38,000 feral sheep were removed from SantaCruz Island and cattle ranching operations terminated in 1988....
economic activities in SantaCruz da Baixa Verde are based in commerce and agribusiness, especially creation of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens;...
succulent plant known by the common name SantaCruz Island liveforever. This Dudleya is endemic to SantaCruz Island, one of the Channel Islands of California...
catalinae of Santa Catalina Island, U. l. clementae of San Clemente Island, U. l. santacruzae of SantaCruz Island, and U. l. santarosae of Santa Rosa Island...
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