How a Tiny New Zealand Town Became the Global Center of Sheep

(via Atlas Obscura) To understand why Te Kuiti, New Zealand, a town of just 4,500 persons deserves this title one must understand the close relationship between sheep and the denizens of this island nation. In a hemisphere of skies and seas, New Zealand is a crumpled interruption heavily dusted with wooly flocks. There are approximately 28 million sheep in New Zealand, about seven for each person.