User:Hobbitonastick/Don Pedro (sheep)

= Don Pedro (sheep) = Don Pedro was a full-blooded Merino ram brought to the United States by Éleuthère Irénée du Pont in 1801.

History
Don Pedro arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 16, 1801 aboard the Benjamin Franklin.

Don Pedro died in the spring of 1811.

Legacy
The ram sculptures decorating the gates at the Horn Point Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science were inspired by Don Pedro.