There are a lot of New Zealand sheep jokes floating around and I am not going to repeat them, but New Zealand does have quite a few sheep. Captain Cook put the first sheep ashore in 1773.
In 1982, there were actually 22 sheep per person, but numbers of sheep have dropped and the numbers of people have increased. New Zealand does still have a lot of sheep though - about 7 per person now which is more per person than Australia.
http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/mythbusters/3million-people-60million-sheep.aspx
Where there are sheep, there are sheep dogs. The mob that caused the traffic jam above, had 10 dogs keeping them moving along! This monument to the collie dog in on the shores of Lake Tekapo.
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