Sunday, February 22, 2009

Counting Sheep

Have you ever discovered that when you are researching a country in search of substantial information needed for a paper or presentation you discover a lot of facts about the country's natural resources? It is clearly evident that these factors influence the wealth and success of the country's land and people by looking at what they have a surplus of. Australia, in fact, has the world's largest population of Merino sheep. Blog after blog, it seems all that I can talk about is the exciting animal kingdom that continent is participating in. So the true fact is that Australia is responsible for 70% of the world's wool.
Sheep, however, are really weird animals to have such a major influence in Australia. People really fight their sheep or bet on them in races. Perhaps they are protecting them while they can from local "pests" or the dingos. These dogs that cannot bark prey not only on the sheep, but on the wallabies, wombats, and kangaroos. Yes, dingos really exist, but they're in danger of becoming extinct (http://www.walkaboutpark.com.au/index.php?id=224).
The moral of the descriptions is this. Sheep may be important to Australia and are connected with a lot of festivities and the economy and agriculture. However, although the dingos are becoming extinct, people seem to care more about the sheep because they are so influential. People should care more about the dingos or perhaps bring them to America. Maybe they would be more appreciated.

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