I thought you were exaggerating (we have a very large stock here in Uruguay, thought we had them beat handily), but you're not:
"Figures just released from the June 2012 Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture in Wales, show the total number of sheep and lambs in Wales in June was nearly 8.9 million, with lamb numbers rising by nearly 5% to 4.6 million and ewe numbers rising slightly by 1.2 % to 4.2 million."
By comparison we have about 12 million sheep here in Uruguay, Argentina has 10 or 11 million, and New Zealand has about 40 million sheep.
"The country has the highest density of sheep per unit area in the world. For 130 years, sheep farming was the country's most important agricultural industry, but it was overtaken by dairy farming in 1987. Sheep numbers peaked in New Zealand in 1982 to 70 million and then dropped to about 40 million."
Area of Wales: 8,016 sq miles (20,761 km²)
Area of Uruguay: 68,037 sq miles (176,215 km²)
Area of New Zealand: 103,483 sq miles (268,021 km²)
Area of Argentina: 1.074 million sq miles (2.78 million km²)
Uruguay usually looks up to New Zealand as a model to follow (similar population and economy).
"Figures just released from the June 2012 Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture in Wales, show the total number of sheep and lambs in Wales in June was nearly 8.9 million, with lamb numbers rising by nearly 5% to 4.6 million and ewe numbers rising slightly by 1.2 % to 4.2 million."
By comparison we have about 12 million sheep here in Uruguay, Argentina has 10 or 11 million, and New Zealand has about 40 million sheep.
"The country has the highest density of sheep per unit area in the world. For 130 years, sheep farming was the country's most important agricultural industry, but it was overtaken by dairy farming in 1987. Sheep numbers peaked in New Zealand in 1982 to 70 million and then dropped to about 40 million."
Area of Wales: 8,016 sq miles (20,761 km²) Area of Uruguay: 68,037 sq miles (176,215 km²) Area of New Zealand: 103,483 sq miles (268,021 km²) Area of Argentina: 1.074 million sq miles (2.78 million km²)
Uruguay usually looks up to New Zealand as a model to follow (similar population and economy).