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Sheep to invade Bryant Park

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Things are about to get wild and wooly in Bryant Park.

A herd of 30 sheep is headed to the Midtown park’s lawn to graze and leave a little something behind as part of a campaign sponsored by none other than Prince Charles to promote the struggling wool industry.

The hoofed visitors are set to arrive on Sept. 27, where they will be kept in a 40-by-40-foot pen on the park’s lawn, naturally mowing and fertilizing the grass.

“The lawn will become the sheep’s meadow for the day,” said The Campaign for Wool, a pet project of Prince Charles that is organizing the event.

The sheep will be allowed to roam “freely and play center stage’’ in the installation.

The idea of an ovine invasion made some parkgoers bleat with amusement yesterday.

“It’s like going to the zoo with your kids,” said Kwame Gyimah, 25. “And it’s raising awareness for wool, so it’s a good cause, too.”

“Nothing surprises you in New York City,” said Desiree Rafii, 27, of the Upper East Side. “It would definitely attract a lot of people.

“It’s like when they did that cranberry promotion in Rockefeller Center and they just filled the whole place with cranberries like in the commercial.”

But not everyone was thrilled about turning the big-city park into a barnyard.

“It’s not gonna be as pleasant to eat lunch here. I grew up on a farm in west Pennsylvania, and sheep do not smell good,’’ said Amy Arden, 34, a financial analyst from Brooklyn, who nonetheless she’ll bring her kids to the event.

“It’s wholesome, but not very pleasant,’’ she said

Christina Fuscellaro, 22, said, “I’d just be entertained by the fact there are sheep everywhere.’’

But “I wouldn’t think, all of a sudden, ‘Oh, I want wool,’ ” she said.

In addition to the sheep, other special features will help turn the park into a wooly wonderland for a while.

The park’s Fountain Terrace will be turned in to a “luxurious Wool Salon” covered in a large wool blanket. The fountain will be drained and will be filled with wool.

Also, seats in the park will be given wool covers, and trees will be hung with wool art.

The wool campaign said one of the benefits of wool is that it is environmentally friendly.

“Wool is known to be one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable fibers in the world, and it was this understanding coupled with the decline of the sheep population, that stirred the prince to take action in 2010,” the group said.

Julia Barron, 26, a sweater designer who was at the park yesterday, agreed.

“The push for eco-fashion and finding natural resources is a trend now,” she said. “I’m under the impression that it doesn’t hurt the sheep.”