Petting the soft fleece of curly-headed sheep is a favorite activity at the new York State Fair. For decades, the wooly ones have inhabited pens under a roof outside the western entrance to the goat barn.
But this year that bleating you hear on the grounds this year may be in protest of the primitive conditions of the large tents that are now housing sheep at the Fair. 
They had to be relocated after their former home was demolished due to storm damage (Barn Razing, May 12, 2019). They are currently receiving guests in their new, albeit temporary, home further west, next to the cow birthing center.
Plans are in the works for a nicer, permanent building to be in place for next Fair.
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