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Colorado sheepherders have been exploited for decades. The government has done little to stop it.

High in Colorado’s mountains, migrant workers tend flocks alone for months with little water, food

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A Peruvian sheepherder leaves his campsite to find his flock on National Forest land north of Craig, Colorado, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
A Peruvian sheepherder leaves his campsite to find his flock on National Forest land north of Craig, Colorado, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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One worker told The Post that he and his fellow herders lived in rat-infested trailers that lacked bathrooms or running water and some days didn’t have electricity.
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