New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people, but the human population is catching up, according to official figures. The vast number of sheep in New ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The vast number of sheep in New Zealand relative to the country’s scant human population has long been the subject of jokes aimed at New Zealanders abroad.

A farmer feeds his sheep on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people, but the human population is ...