h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I managed to see this BBC video, so that is working all right as well. Check out how this farmer manages his 5 000 ducks (I didn't actually count them, I just hope the article is not too far from the truth!) through busy traffic to a feeding pond:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18580147

Beautiful, Willem. We found flocks of sheep and goats being herded around the island of Samothrake back in the 80s.

In eastern Pennsylvania, such sights were common in the early 19th Century, when professional drovers herded geese and turkeys to Philadelphia along the Turnpike. They probably needed tips from this Chinese farmer.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1992&dat=19750630&id=uy5cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kVUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4948,3820323

Hi Dmitri, thanks for that link! Over here in the rural regions, goats, cattle and donkeys roam free, you always have to be careful while driving. We have lots of chickens over here as well, but not so many geese and ducks, this being such a dry country!

I can see that.

Yesterday, we read about a problem they have in Russia - people who let cows roam. One town has set up a 'pound' for stray cows, and are charging to repatriate 'em.

And then there were the Austrian window-shopping sheep:

http://www.yourjewishnews.com/pages/w6220.aspx