Location:
Polenz/Machern, Saxony, Germany
Post Date:
Mar 31, 2023 3:30 AM
TAG ID:
dpaphotossix362737
(RM)
Credit:
Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom
Format:
4266 x 3292 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Waltraud Grubitzsch
Keywords:
Animals, Animal breeding, Sheep, Lambs, Shepherd, Trainee, Shepherdess, Stable, Straw, Seasons, Easter, Easter lambs, agriculture, Livestock, Lamb
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
28 March 2023, Saxony, Polenz/Machern: In a sheep pen in Polenz at Landwirtschafts GmbH Machern near Leipzig (Saxony), a four-week-old little lamb drinks from its mother. The animals are currently being looked after by shepherdess trainee Clara and master shepherd Dietmar Walter. Didiee 20-year-old Clara, who plans to complete her two-year apprenticeship as a shepherdess in the summer and then study agricultural science, receives valuable support from master shepherd Siegmar Walter, who has been working as a shepherd for 47 years. He and apprentice Clara currently look after 1,000 ewes and 700 lambs, among other things. Photo: Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa