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Sheep Struggle to Survive Freezing Conditions (PHOTOS)
Weather.com – 4/02/13, Camille Mann, Edecio Martinez
Sheep gather for their morning feed at Bleathgill Farm in following heavy snow on March 27, 2013, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England. (Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
Across the UK, farmers are struggling to save their livestock after freezing temperatures and heavy snow have left thousands of cattle and sheep stuck in the fields with no food and fresh water.
James Evans, a sheep farmer in Bishops Castle, England, told BBC News that newborn lambs are being born in freezing temperatures. He expects to lose about 4 to 5 percent of the 1,500 newborns.
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2013-04-03 09:36:31
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