Sunday, April 04, 2004

The Running of the Sheep

New Zealand's answer to Pamplona: send 2000 sheep chasing after guys on quadbikes. It's meant to celebrate the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's Shearing Championship.

Two thousand sheep running down the street, or competitive sheep shearing--I'll let you decide which one is more disturbing.

Click here for the article.

In one of the grand understatements of the time, Running of the Sheep organizer John Grainger said, "It's pretty hard to get permits for this sort of thing."

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