New Zealand livestock.

[randomness]

So, it's a bit obvious to observe that there are a lot of sheep in New Zealand. However, along with the sheep, cattle, horses, and llamas, there are also deer and elk being farmed here.

For someone from New England, it seems odd to have deer penned up behind high fences, when the animals are all over the countryside back home. Mind you, I think this is a good idea, and it keeps them from becoming roadkill, but it does seem strange to see them in huge herds in someone's field, next to a field full of sheep.

Also, there are ostrich and emu farms. One wishes that the moa hadn't been exterminated 200 years ago, after the Maori arrived, because there'd probably be moa farms now, too.

Comments

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

because there'd probably be moa farms now, too

More farms than what? You know, there's only so many farms you can fit on a relatively small island...

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Pppppffft.

[bloodstones.livejournal.com]

will you bring me back a pet ostich?
I want one just hatched so that I can watch it grow. They grow to be seven feet tall in a year, which is almost two inches a week. If I took a picture every day at the end of the year I'd have a flipbook, and a pet bird that can kill lions with a swift kick to the head. What could be better than that?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

will you bring me back a pet ostich?

So, I would do this, except it is an absurd amount of trouble to bring one into the United States when there are lots of ostrich farms in the US. Elizabeth and I just saw some near the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

In fact, the Pokanoket Ostrich Farm is in South Dartmouth, MA!
See http://www.pokanoket.com/about.htm

Also,

http://www.ostriches.org/

and

http://www.gamebird.com/ostrich.html

are full of information on ostriches.