A neglected, lonely sheep who wasn’t sheared in her six years of life has been given her first shear—and her first friends—by an Illinois animal sanctuary.
When Laura Johnson, founder and manager of Harmony Hill Farm Sanctuary (HHFS) in Oregon, Illinois, received a call from a community member about a neglected sheep, she reached out to the owner. The owner agreed to surrender the sheep to the sanctuary late last year.
“As you can imagine, when an owner is concerned that they’ll be reported for mistreatment, it can be very challenging for them to give up a neglected animal,” Laura told The Epoch Times. “Ellie Mae was brought to us by the owner in a trailer. They declined our offer to transport her, so we do not know the specifics of her previous living conditions.”…