Thousands of sheep are killed (Britain)

[Mark]

Farmers fear at least 10,000 sheep may have died.

“Thousands of sheep are killed under meters of snow,” says reader Argiris Diamantis. “The main stream media (and even The SUN) is downplaying this horrible item with fun-stories of lambs getting woolly jumpers.”

Forecasters say night-time temperatures will fall as low as -10°C in northern England — beating the Easter record of -9.8°C, set in Scotland in 1986. By contrast Qaqortoq in Greenland will bask in 1°C to 4°C.

Farmers were still digging livestock out of snow drifts yesterday and fear at least 10,000 sheep may have died.

The current icy blast has struck in the middle of lambing season, putting newborns at even greater risk.

Weathermen say there is no sign of warmer weather — and the “cold snap” will last through April.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4865238/Lambs-get-woolly-jumpers-to-survive-coldest-Easter-on-record.html

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