The Cantoblanco campus of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) receives this Thursday the flock of sheep from the Apisquillos cooperative, whose 400 animals have had to advance their summer transhumance due to the heat and drought, reports Efe.
The arrival of the sheep is part of the activities that the Sustainability Office of the UAM has programmed to promote the adaptation of the campus to climate change and the mitigation of its impacts.
One of these actions is grazing, a traditional practice that the Autonomous wants to promote because, despite the “wealth” it brings to the territory, it is currently going through a “particularly difficult situation due to the drought”, which is added to the administrative and economic barriers “that it had already been facing,” the center explains in a note.
Hand in hand with the Los Apisquillos cooperative, just over 400 sheep arrived at the Cantoblanco campus last Tuesday from the Casa de Campo in Madrid, on their way to areas where there is more grass to feed on, as they did in November when they were heading to the park of the Madrid capital.
Their stay in Casa de Campo was scheduled until the end of May, but the absence of grass due to the lack of rain and the increase in temperatures has forced them to head for more favorable areas earlier than expected, which invites them to “rethink the management of the year and the life of the sheep”, adds the UAM.
Specifically, this Thursday the herd resumes its transhumance from the University to Soto de Viñuelas, to continue its route towards greener spaces.
