Storm death toll of recently sheared sheep in Uruguay climbs to 54.200, not counting lambs

Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 06:34 UTC

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The recent rain, wind and cold storm that severely punished Uruguayan farmers last week caused the death of 54.200 adult sheep. The sum from a survey conducted by the Uruguayan Wool Secretariat, SUL, almost doubles the original 30.000 estimate and does not include the recently born lambs. Read full article

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ChrisR
I think whoever said 0.05% must have been using The Lunatic of Chew Butt for the arithmetic because that works out to a national flock of 108 million sheep or 36 sheep per head of population.

Sounds a bit far fetched to me.

But somebody will correct me if I am in error.
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redp0ll
No you are correct. Its 0.5%
Sep 26th, 2013 - 05:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
2 redp0ll

I thought it would be you. Thanks.
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