A small domesticated sheep of a primitive breed with brown fleece and horns in both sexes, formerly confined to the island of Soay in the St Kilda group.
索伊羊(原产于索伊岛的一种驯化的小型带角羊)
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She has also been the proud owner for many years of a small flock of rare Soay sheep whose wool she uses the wool for rugs.
Her owner had given her up for dead, but Soay sheep are a tough breed, renowned for their ability to survive in poor conditions.
For 4000 years man has inhabited this bleak group of islands, raising squat, brown Soay sheep and collecting seabirds for food, feathers and fat for their lamps.
He shared his wife's interest in the arts she is an artist and became involved in conserving and raising a flock of Soay sheep.
It was inhabited by Soay sheep, goats, and a couple of New Forest ponies.