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Madrid festival reroutes thousands of sheep to avoid housing protest camp

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Thousands of sheep and goats paraded through Madrid's streets on Sunday as part of an annual festival that mimics historical livestock migration practices. The city lies along ancient routes used for centuries to move animals to new grazing areas across the Iberian Peninsula. These paths once covered much of what is now urban Madrid, connecting open fields and woodland.

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The 2026 edition of Madrid's annual sheep festival rerouted thousands of animals to avoid a housing protest camp, drawing large crowds of tourists and locals. The festival recreates the traditional practice of moving livestock to new grazing grounds along ancient migration routes that have long been part of the Iberian Peninsula’s farming landscape. Madrid sits on one such route, but this year's event had to adapt due to the presence of the protest camp, which is likely related to housing issues in the city.

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MADRID (AP) — Thousands of sheep and goats thronged the streets of the Spanish capital on Sunday, drawing large crowds of tourists and locals alike to watch an annual festival recreating the pastoral practice of moving livestock to new grazing grounds. asserted

Thousands → throng → grounds

Madrid sits on an ancient migration route that has always been part of a vast grid of farming paths covering the Iberian Peninsula. asserted

that → sit → Peninsula

Open fields and woodland crisscrossed by droving routes once covered the area where the city now stands. asserted

city → crisscross → area

Madrid festival reroutes thousands of sheep to avoid housing protest camp

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