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AP 450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey 1 minute ago ISTANBUL, Turkey - First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turk ish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff , Turkish media reported.
In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as th e pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported. They're all wasted," Nevzat Bayhan, a member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.
Turkish shepherds look at dead sheep in the town of Gevas, near the c ity of Van, eastern Turkey, Thursday, July 7, 2005. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd t o graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followe d, each leaping off the same cliff, according to the Turkish media repor ted on Friday July 8, 2005. In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of o ne another in a billowy white pile. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher.
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