1.   But to many animal scientists, this odd creature represents a living piece of early American history that may help improve the sheep industry in the Southeast.

2.   Ranchers vehemently deny that shepherds are mistreated, and lobbyists for the sheep ranching industry say that new regulations would kill an ailing industry.

3.   The Clinton administration is under pressure from the cattle, pork, and sheep industry to act quickly.

4.   The sheep industry is struggling.

5.   The subsidies have been attacked as wasteful federal spending and defended as necessary to the survival the American sheep industry.

6.   Despite the financial hit sustained by farmers who lose their flocks, the sheep industry backs the effort.

7.   Faillace, who holds a doctorate in animal physiology, and his wife imported the sheep in hopes of establishing breeding stock for the sheep dairy industry.

8.   In view of the great demand for mutton, he also urged more investors or farmers to come forward and ventuure into the sheep herding industry.

9.   What is happening in Kansas is a reflection of a struggling sheep industry nationwide.