To save his livelihood, Dromi built a room in his sheep pen and moved in to guard them.

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Led by Khaled Atrash, one of the most notorious car thieves in the region - who had just completed a four-year prison term for agricultural theft - the thieves poisoned Dromi's guard dogs before moving toward his sheep pen.

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At home, eight million people perched on their sofas and held their collective breath at the moment of high drama: would the sheep enter the pen?

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This was a TV show about sheepdog trials: you know the sort of thing, can a dog round up the sheep and get them into the pen, as in that movie, Babe.

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Sure enough, after several minutes, hundreds of sheep appear over the brow of the hill and obediently make their way into the pen.

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