African herdsmen help guide a flock of sheep through the streets of in Madrid Sept. 9, 2007. Farmers, in-cluding specially invited herdsman from 32 countries, led a flock of bleating sheep through downtown Madrid in an pungent protest urging the protection of ancient grazing routes threatened by urban sprawl and man-made frontiers.

圖中幾名非洲牧羊人9日正在馬德里街頭協助引領及驅趕幾頭不聽話的羊。這些牧羊人，包括特別從32國邀請的牧羊人，帶領一群咩咩叫的羊群穿過馬德里市中心，以強烈抗議並促有關當局保護古老的放牧路線，因為它們正飽受都市漫無計畫的擴展和人為邊界的威脅。

The annual protest calls on authorities to protect 78,000 miles of paths used for seasonal movement of livestock, from cool, highland pastures in sum-mer to lower-lying ones in winter. Some of them are 800 years old. Madrid lies along two of the north-south routes. One of these dates back to 1372. While the routes are protected by Spanish law, modern life including housing developments, highways and railways have eroded time-honored paths.

這項每年例行的抗議活動呼籲有關當局保護78,000哩牲畜季節性的移動路線，主要是從夏天涼爽的高地草原，到冬天緯度較低的地區。其中有些已經有800年歷史。馬德里正好在兩條南北路線上，其中一條可以上溯到公元1372年。雖然這些放牧通路受到西班牙法律保護。現代生活，包括住宅都市的發展及高速公路和鐵路的興建，已經使這些古老的路徑受到侵蝕。