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    Hog Island sheep are a breed of sheep descended from animals first brought to Virginia's Hog Island in the 18th century. During the 1930s and 1940s, storm...
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  • Look up hog island in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hog Island may refer to: Hog Island (Tasmania) Former name of Paradise Island Hog Island (North...
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    Virginia, along with the Hog Island Light. Origin of the Hog Island Sheep, and the Hog Island Fig. The last permanent residents of Hog evacuated after an unnamed...
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  • Hog Island is one of the Virginia Barrier Islands located southeast of Exmore in Northampton County, Virginia, and is a part of the Virginia Coast Reserve...
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    breeds of American sheep—such as the Hog Island sheep—that were the result of island flocks. Placing semi-feral sheep and goats on islands was common practice...
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    The Ossabaw Island Hog or Ossabaw Island is a breed of pig derived from a population of feral pigs on Ossabaw Island, Georgia, United States. The original...
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    Additional sheep were brought from the island in 1991. In 2017, there were less than a dozen breeders in the United States. Hog Island sheep "Santa Cruz"...
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  • on Hog Island, one of the Virginia Barrier Islands, in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The town is the origin of the Hog Island Sheep. After...
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    private island in the Exumas Big Egg Island Big Farmer's Cay Big Fish Cay Big Grand Cay Big Harbour Cay Big Hog Cay Big Jerry Cay Big Joe Downer Cay Big...
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    Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to...
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    November 24. Laura 2 W-5 Cold Springs Sheep Loyalton North Gold Hog    "What we know Sunday about North State fires: Hog, Gold, July, Badger, Platina and new...
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    The farm is home to one of the largest flocks of Hog Island sheep in America. The Hog Island sheep is not commonly used in modern agriculture, largely...
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    A sheep–goat hybrid (called a geep in popular media or sometimes a shoat) is the offspring of a sheep and a goat. While sheep and goats are similar and...
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    majority of sheep deaths. Other animals that prey on sheep include felines, birds of prey, primates, bears, raccoons, pandas, and feral hogs. Sheep flight...
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    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...
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    to raise A$40,000 for the purchase of the island for the conservation, study and sustainable hunting of Hog Deer. The number of members is still about...
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    Douglas: The Manx Society. Retrieved 6 September 2021. A ‘hog’ is a young sheep in Scots. ‘HOG, Hogg’ Scottish National Dictionary. Dictionaries of the...
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    Feral pig (redirect from Wild hog)
    They are found mostly in the Americas and Australia. Razorback and wild hog are Americanisms applied to feral pigs or boar–pig hybrids. A feral pig is...
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  • County Hodge Island Hog Island - Cherokee County Hog Island - historical - Colbert County Hollingers Island Houses Island Houstons Island - historical...
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    Axis (genus) (redirect from Hog Deer)
    four species are placed in the genus. Three of the four species are called hog deer. The genus name is a word mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History...
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    The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), also known as aoudad (pronounced [ˈɑʊdæd]), is a species of caprine native to rocky mountains in North Africa....
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    calamianensis), also known as Calamian hog deer, is an endangered species of deer found only in the Calamian Islands of Palawan province in the Philippines...
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  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pig breeds. Animals portal List of sheep breeds List of goat breeds List of cattle breeds Lists of domestic animal...
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    Pig (redirect from Hog (swine))
    The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (pl.: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig...
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    Boston and Logan International Airport. Noddle's Island, Hog Island, Bird's Island and Governor's Island were the others. Distinguished in its early years...
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    lesser rheas (known to Falklanders as "ostriches") and a number of Humboldt's hog-nosed skunks; the rheas did not establish themselves, as their nests were...
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    Revolutionary War. It is also known as the Battle of Noddle's Island, Battle of Hog Island and the Battle of the Chelsea Estuary. This battle was fought...
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    Bawean deer (redirect from Bawean hog deer)
    kuhlii), also known as Kuhl's hog deer or Bawean hog deer, is a highly threatened species of deer endemic to the island of Bawean in Indonesia. Due to...
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    member of this subfamily is called a caprine. Prominent members include sheep and goats, with some other members referred to as goat antelopes. Some earlier...
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  • rescues when it removed a viable population of Santa Cruz sheep from Santa Cruz Island. The sheep were in danger of being eradicated by The Nature Conservancy...
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