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Moorschnucken herd at Bastauwiesen

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Moorschnucken herd at Bastauwiesen

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Moorschnucken herd at Bastauwiesen

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Location: Lübbecke, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Cooli 🆒77🦀

September 27, 2022

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A fairly large herd of Moorschnucke sheep can be found all around near the south tower. They serve to protect the moor. Sheep grazing, which was abandoned around 40 years ago, was resumed in the summer of 2000. The Moorschnucken are best suited in raised bogs to specifically reduce birch growth and moor grass.
The sound of the Moorschnucken biting in the moor is simply terrific.

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Cooli 🆒77🦀

September 27, 2022

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The Moorschnucken come from the moor areas of Lower Saxony. It is believed that the breed was created by crossing a polled plain-wool country sheep breed into the population of gray horned Heidschnucke sheep. It has been kept in the moors of northern Germany for centuries. In 1922 the white polled sheep were separated from the white horned Heidschnucke and henceforth called Moorschnucke (source: wikipedia)

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Moonbeam🌜

April 27, 2024

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In 1998, NABU acquired a disused sheep barn on the southern edge of the "Großes Torfmoor" nature reserve with financial support from the NRW Foundation and sponsors.

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