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A man stands surrounded by sheep in a pen.

A man wearing a blue shirt on a rural property.

A dead and bloodied sheep on the ground.

A wire fence stretches into the distance across dry, scrubby ground with a man and vehicle in the far background.

"[The] population is very small, probably less than 100 individuals left, and also has very low genetic diversity, so very high rates of inbreeding, which is a consequence of ongoing lethal controls."
A close up of a man with brown hair and beard smiles at the camera, wearing a blue shirt.

Ron and Erica sit on a verandah of an old farm house.

"I sold some off because I couldn't bear to see any more dying, so I've only got 100 ewes left."

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