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03-01-2016, 08:14 AM
Australian farmers use thousands of sheep to spell anti-gas message
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** this is **t a request for awesome tunes, it is a protest against gas mining.*
Farmers in the south-west of Victoria, Australia have taken to the paddock with a flock of sheep to voice their protest towards the further exploration of unconventional gas reserves in their area.
SEE ALSO: Giant 'fatberg' pulled out from under Australia by a crane (http://mashable.com/2016/02/26/giant-fatburg/)
Around 2,000 peckish sheep converged to spell out the words "ban gas," as part of a coordinated effort led by local farmer Mal Rowe.*
"We thought, well, rather than us just saying 'ban gas,' we thought we'd get some of the animals together that will be potentially affected by it to spell it out," Rowe told ABC News (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-29/farmers-use-sheep-to-send-anti-gas-message/7207906). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/australian-farmers-sheep-protest/)
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** this is **t a request for awesome tunes, it is a protest against gas mining.*
Farmers in the south-west of Victoria, Australia have taken to the paddock with a flock of sheep to voice their protest towards the further exploration of unconventional gas reserves in their area.
SEE ALSO: Giant 'fatberg' pulled out from under Australia by a crane (http://mashable.com/2016/02/26/giant-fatburg/)
Around 2,000 peckish sheep converged to spell out the words "ban gas," as part of a coordinated effort led by local farmer Mal Rowe.*
"We thought, well, rather than us just saying 'ban gas,' we thought we'd get some of the animals together that will be potentially affected by it to spell it out," Rowe told ABC News (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-29/farmers-use-sheep-to-send-anti-gas-message/7207906). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/australian-farmers-sheep-protest/)
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