I took this post’s photo on a 2019 New Zealand autumn afternoon, whilst overlooking Otago’s Lake Hawea.
You may find it hard to imagine a more “idyllic” location for sheep, grazing.
New Zealand’s sheep numbers peaked in 1982; at 70 million, they outnumbered their human compatriots by a ratio of rather more than 20 to 1!
Questions:
What is NZ’s current ratio of sheep to humans?
Has NZ retained its “traditional” status as the world’s most “sheepish” nation?
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