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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/02/jacob-sheep-from-the-bible-return-to-israel-after-red-tape-shorn-awayPublished by: THE GUARDIAN on 2 Mar 2016
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Breeders call for heritage variety to become ‘the Jewish national animal’ as diplomats intervene to let Canadian-bred flock be brought to the Golan Heights A breed of sheep believed to have been raised by the Jewish patriarch Jacob may soon be brought to its biblical homeland, after an Israelicouple gathered a herd in Canada and brokered a bureaucratic detente to import the animals.
The effort to bring 130 “Jacob sheep” to the Golan Heights from Canada had been inching along for nearly a year, said Jenna and Gil Lewinsky, with the reintroduction of the breed stymied by red tape between the two countries.
The couple, based near Vancouver, said the project was initially opposed by Israel’s Agriculture Ministry because Canada was not on a list approved for sheep imports.
But the Israeli embassy in Canada facilitated a dialogue between the couple and the ministry and sent along “strong recommendations”, embassy spokesman Eitan Weiss said.
“And the ambassador visited [...]
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