I am a member of the Vail Valley Arts Association and was up there last weekend as part of a project to produce art about the ranches in the area. These two photographs were taken on the Webster Ranch.
This is Eziguel Javier Veliz Zevallos who is Peruvian sheep herder who is here on the 3 year contract with the Southern Cross Sheep Division in McCoy, Colorado. His wife and four children remain in Peru. The rifle is to kill coyotes who have killed seven lambs. He and 8 large white dogs guard 800 ewes and 900 lambs.
