Earth Changes
The sheep that triggered the bizarre incident was reportedly trying to jump from one cliff to another in the early hours of June 12 in the Arebi-Krom plateau near the Yaprakli hamlet.
After the shepherd informed the sheep owners of the incident, villagers arrived at the scene to find the dead bodies of 500 animals.
The villagers sought help from the Gürpinar prefecture and the local directorate of agriculture and livestock, trying to identify their own sheep among the pile of dead animals.
We are completely shocked. We have lost 500 cattle here. We want support from the officials," villager Ahmet Karataş said.
This video shows a similar sheep mass suicide in 2010 in Turkey again:
Well I doubt they have received any kinds of compensations. Insurances probably do not cover animal mass suicides.
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The lemmings supposedly committing mass suicide by leaping into the ocean were actually thrown off a cliff by the Disney filmmakers. The epic "lemming migration" was staged using careful editing, tight camera angles and a few dozen lemmings running on snow covered lazy-Susan style turntable.
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Lemmings do not commit suicide. However, this particular myth is based on some actual lemming behaviors. Lemmings have large population booms every three or four years. When the concentration of lemmings becomes too high in one area, a large group will set out in search of a new home. Lemmings can swim, so if they reach a water obstacle, such as a river or lake, they may try to cross it. Inevitably, a few individuals drown. But it’s hardly suicide.
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You have to remove the "%3Cblockquote%3E" at the end, I dunno why it's there... sorry
Moreover, to provide some irreverent revery, I bet that the price of mutton around there is about to 'fall' to record levels.
R.C.
Shhh! Don't tell anyone I said that
Comment: This is also eerily similar to an incident in France a few years ago where 200 sheep died from jumping off a cliff. While a bear was blamed for chasing the sheep, the incident could have been caused by something altogether different. As the SOTT editor commented: