http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/08/AR2005070800553_pf.html

450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey

The Associated Press
Friday, July 8, 2005; 9:30 AM



ISTANBUL, Turkey -- First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported.

In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported.

"There's nothing we can do. They're all wasted," Nevzat Bayhan, a member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.

The estimated loss to families in the town of Gevas, located in Van province in eastern Turkey, tops $100,000, a significant amount of money in a country where average GDP per head is around $2,700.

"Every family had an average of 20 sheep," Aksam quoted another villager, Abdullah Hazar as saying. "But now only a few families have sheep left. It's going to be hard for us."

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Virgil! Leave those sheep alone!

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Yup. They got the lemmings virus.

The terrorists are responsible for this one too. See, they sneaked in the grazing ground at night, showed the sheeps a video of lemmings jumping off the cliff. The next day........you all know, the rest is history.

My suggestion to Forum members who rear sheeps, watch out for suspected people hanging around your grazing ground. Pay special attention with anyone with head scarf and a portable DVD.

Sheeps kabab is what they are after. Damn, even the sheeps are not safe anymore. What's going on with this world?

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Hmm....maybe it was a protest to the fact that they knew they would be turned into mutton chops.

I wonder if they did anything to try to stop them? Release the dogs to divert them? Feed them?

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Actually only 450 were counted . . . mass nacrolepsy followed shortly thereafter . . .

From what I have heard of the Turkish, I would assume the sheep committed suicude over a menage-a-flock situation.

Ewe!!!!!

Musta been that one black sheep in the bunch.

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