The sheep population has fallen significantly in Australia too. Wales is still struggling to build up sheep numbers after it lost four million ewes, rams and lambs in the foot and mouth epidemic ...

The disaster in 1986 affected 10,000 UK farms, including 334 in north Wales. The movement of sheep was heavily restricted after the nuclear disaster. Before farmers could sell livestock ...

Every year 4.000 fence-posts are shipped to the Falklands, revealed Clifford Jones (Pic Daily Post) Fence posts made from North Wales timber are keeping sheep safe thousands of miles away in the ...