A warm welcome from me, too! You are so lucky living in rural South Island in NZ. I've heard that the countryside is really beautiful. Like you, I've also got two pet sheep, Josette and Zina. We have had them from birth, as they were bottle fed because their mothers didn't have enough milk. We used to have a flock of sheep then - but they were never killed for food, or even sold for food. Glad you have the same feelings.