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Adopting foreign babies might be the trend for Hollywood celebrities, but a Southland farming and tourism business has something new up for adoption.
Brightview Farm, near Otautau, has introduced a website which allows people to adopt their very own sheep.
Owner-operator Chris Adams said the venture was targeted at people who did not have animals in their day-to-day lives.
He said the initiative was directed at schools and people from overseas, in an effort to teach them about New Zealand farming practices.
Adoptive parents will be kept informed of their sheep's welfare, be able to visit it, name it, and in the near future will even be able to watch it on a webcam.
Mr Adams said people could buy their sheep a present, too.
- NEWSTALK ZB
