Environment Animals

Flocks in motion

Use, when transhumance is done on the highway

2,500 sheep are migrating to higher altitude locations in search of new pastures. In a few weeks they will reach the Boise National Park in Idaho, rich in artemisia, a plant of which they are greedy

29/04/2023

People in disbelief, cars parked at least worse on the side of the road. Thousands of sheep, to be precise 2,500, took by surprise a good number of travelers who were passing on a highway in the state of Idaho, in the USA, while they were migrating, as usually happens this season - accompanied by their shepherds - to the localities of the area located at higher altitudes in search of new pastures. The fact - for this territory of the United States - is nothing new. It is the number of animals, which has never moved so substantially, attracting the attention and curiosity of those who passed there at that time.

Leaving the stretch of highway, the flock - for several weeks - will continue the journey through the foothills, where there is the artemisia, a plant of which sheep are greedy, until arriving in the Boise National Forest where they will remain until autumn.