B-A-A-D Night At Zoo They're friendly, they're soft and they're very gentle. Curator Mark Shaw says that's what makes the baby doll breed of sheep ideal for the petting zoo. In the spring, the sheep go into the contact yard so children can feed them and even touch them. However, police say one man took the invitation a little too far when he tore down the chain link fence, wrestled one of the sheep and stuffed her into a trashcan.