2,000 sheep guided through Madrid's streets
Monday, October 26, 2015
MADRID -- Shepherds led 2,000 sheep through the streets of Madrid in defense of age-old droving, grazing and migration rights that are threatened by sprawl and fenced-in pastures. Tourists and children were surprised to see wide avenues blocked in the Spanish capital to let the woolly parade -- bleating and clanking bells -- cross the city, accompanied by sheepdogs. Shepherds have held the right since at least 1273 to use droving routes across land that once was open fields.
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