You might expect to find lamb on the menu in many a New York restaurant , but never ' a ' lamb , sitting at the table , enjoying his day out in the city . Meet Smokey : the three-week-old orphan lamb who has been fostered by a Manhattan restaurant owner , and now spends his days enjoying the sights and sounds of the Big Apple , gaining fans wherever he goes . Sandy Dee Hall , 34 , and his girlfriend Maxine Cher , 24 , took Smokey into their care after they heard he been abandoned by his mother in the freezing fields of West Winfield 's Violet Hill Farm , the same farm - ironically - which supplies Mr Hall 's restaurant with pork . City lamb : Smokey ( right ) is a three-week-old orphaned lamb who is being fostered by New York City restaurant owner Sandy Dee Hall ( right ) , and he 's gaining fans everywhere he goes . According to The New York Post , Mr Hall had been inexplicably wanting to foster a baby sheep 'for a while ' , despite serving lamb shepherd 's pie at his eatery , Black Tree . So when Mr Hall was contacted by his farmer about Smokey 's plight , he jumped at the chance to bring the lamb home to his Manhattan apartment . 'That night I was supposed to go out , but I was like , `` Nope , I ’ m staying here . Forever ” ' , he says . Smokey requires bottle feeding three times a day , and sleeps for around 14 hours . Mr Hall and Ms Cher , who also works at Black Tree , have scheduled their shifts so that someone is always home to care for the little lamb . Lucky : Mr Hall and his girlfriend took Smokey into their care after they heard he been abandoned by his mother in the freezing fields of West Winfield 's Violet Hill Farm - Mr Hall 's pork supplier . A new fleece of life : Smokey , pictured with a passer-by , requires bottle feeding three times a day , and sleeps for around 14 hours . A wolf in lamb 's clothing ? Several New Yorkers 'unfamiliar ' with farm animals in their space have apparently mistaken Smokey for creatures including a goat , a poodle , a kangaroo and a llama . Smokey is not potty-trained , so the couple have lined their apartment floors with puppy training pads , and when they bathe him , they use Woolite to keep his coat from shrinking . Unsurprisingly , Smokey has attracted a great deal of admiration everywhere he 's been taken , which includes a number of trendy New York restaurants . According to Ms Cher , several New Yorkers 'unfamiliar ' with farm animals in their urban space have mistaken Smokey for creatures including a goat , a poodle , a kangaroo and a llama . Do n't tumble dry : Smokey is not potty-trained , so the couple have lined their apartment floors with puppy training pads , and when they bathe him , they use Woolite to keep his coat from shrinking . Bah humbug ! Unsurprisingly , Smokey has attracted a great deal of admiration , and in this case confusion , everywhere he 's been taken . Little Bo Weep : Once the lamb is weaned from his bottle , he will return to a life at Violet Hill Farm , where Mr Hall ( pictured ) plans to 'adopt ' him so he never ends up in the slaughterhouse . Sadly for the doting pair , their fluffy little friend will have to leave them once he 's weaned from the bottle . 'He ’ ll grow to be 140 pounds , and his hooves make a lot of noise , ' Ms Cher explains . 'In a New York apartment , with neighbors , that just wouldn ’ t work . ' Smokey is destined to return to Violet Hill Farm , but never to anyone 's dinner plate . The couple plan to 'adopt ' him so he wo n't be slaughtered . Mr Hall has now removed lamb dishes from his restaurant menu , and Ms Cher has reportedly 'sworn off mutton ' . Any more baby farm animal encounters for this pair and they 'll find themselves - quite rightly - vegetarians for life .
Smokey , a three-week-old lamb , was abandoned by his mother on a farm in upstate New York . Sandy Dee Hall , a Manhattan restaurant owner , is fostering Smokey in the city , along with his girlfriend Maxine Cher . The lamb is bottle-fed and taken on tours of popular eateries with his 'foster humans ' Once Smokey is weaned , he will return to live at the farm , but Mr Hall says he will ensure his fluffy friend wo n't be slaughtered . A baby giraffe named Simba has been adopted from an animal shelter in South Africa after being found wandering alone outside its enclosure for two days.