OMG! Are These Pink Sheep For Real?
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A flock of mammals that reside at Auckland's SheepWorld are making waves or should we say Baaaaas? That's because instead of the usual muddy white, they are all sporting shocking pink hues.
As you may have guessed by now, the flock of 60 are not born this way - Their wooly coats have been dyed with food coloring by their enterprising owners, to try attract more visitors to this working farm that provides an insight into sheep farming.
The tradition of coloring the animals began about two years ago - To celebrate the rugby finals between Canterbury and Auckland, the farm owners dyed their entire flock, red and black - the color of the team uniforms. The unique sheep became so popular, that the owners decided to make the look permanent.
However, dyeing them in two different colors was difficult, so after discussing various colors and causes, they settled upon this bright pink, in honor of breast cancer awareness.
The dyeing frequency depends on the amount of rain the farm receives. That's because the food dye tends to wash off with water. And in case you are concerned, the dye is completely harmless and even the color does not bother the mammals, since sheep are color blind!
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- PRINCESS OMGover 11 yearsOMG! the sheep are so cute!!!! I agree with lily160120
- lilly160120over 11 yearstoo cute
- lilly160120over 11 yearscool
- luvgirl321over 11 yearsWow
- 1d freakover 11 yearsTo fish1027 it doesn't bother them
- fish1027over 11 yearswhy would you do that to a poor sheep?
- cupcake1555over 11 yearsit doesn't hurt or bother them fish1027
- honeybooover 11 yearsjust let her think what she wants to think
- 1d freak over 11 yearsLove the sheep I whis I had pink sheep at my house
- whatchamaover 11 yearsso cute!
- msilva8077over 11 yearspretty in pink!
- donthomas615over 11 yearsomg wow bruh