WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows. A record 5.8 million dairy cattle were counted in the year ended June 2009, Statistics New Zealand said Tuesday - well more than one animal for each of the country's 4.3 million citizens. In contrast, sheep numbers declined to some 32 million in 2009, less than half the peak of 70 million reported in 1982. "Increased numbers...
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