Cows outnumber people in New Zealand

New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-one by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows.

Cows outnumber people in New Zealand

New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-one 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 today - well more than one animal for each of the country's 4.3 million citizens.

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