儿童文学作家比阿特丽克斯·波特在她的遗嘱里给National Trust(旨在保护英国最具历史价值和自然美的土地与建筑的组织)赠与了15个牧场和4000英亩的土地,并指明要用于保护和维持传统的赫德威克畜牧系统。在地主的牧场里,这个组织拥有数千只绵羊,它们由牧场的承包人照管。
Herdwick sheep are native to the Lake District. There are about 50,000 breeding females, but the number is declining due to environmental schemes - 95% of them live in a 20-mile radius of each other. They are classed as "at risk" because of the threats to them.
赫德威克绵羊是湖区本地的品种。仍能繁育的雌性绵羊大约有5万只,但是由于政府开发地产导致环境破坏,这个数字正在减少,它们中95%都相互隔着20英里的距离。由于种种威胁,它们已经被列为濒危物种。
Herdwick sheep are "hefted", which means they hold without fences to a place on the fell, or hill or mountain, because they are taught a sense of belonging by their mothers in their first summer. This stretches back countless centuries and has never been broken.
赫德威克绵羊是很“恋家”的。也就是说,在高地或者山上,不用篱笆圈起来它们都会自己待在某一块地方,因为在它们出生后的第一个夏天,母羊会教它们不要离开属于它们的地方。这种现象已经有好几个世纪的历史了,而且从未被打破过。
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