The Cost of Animals in Nicaragua and Costa Rica

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When I previously lived in Nicaragua, I found that dogs and horses were rarely free.  And any dog of a known breed was quite expensive.  Here in Costa Rica, dogs and even horses are often free.  Not the very best ones, of course, but we've got a golden retriever who was free, no major problems.  Tomorrow we're visiting a horse that is free; maybe we'll get some pictures up here if we like it, or even if we don't.  I never heard of anything like this in Nicaragua.  Indeed, although I bought quite a few dogs and a horse in Nicaragua, I always found out later that the animals had had problems - sick, injured, unable to bark at strangers, etc. 

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20,000, not too many

Here's my estimate. 

Approximately 5 million people in Nicaragua.  Of those, 2 million live in the countryside and are the only ones who might have sheep. 

Of those who live in the countryside, the average household size is almost 10 - 200,000 households. 

Of the 200,000 households, I think 1% have an average of 10 sheep each.

20,000 sheep in Nicaragua.

There are far more goats, cows/cattle, pigs, dogs, horses, and chickens.

Sheep in Nicaragua?

Are there many sheep in Nicaragua?

spoke too quickly

so much for the free horse ... merely an evanescent idea ... we might have to "pony up" after all!

 

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