Kyrgyzstan Sheep Will Get Passports

Kyrgyzstan is about to launch a program that will issue passports to millions of residents of the largely rural country—its 4.25 million sheep. "From their birth to their slaughter, it will be possible to recognize a sheep's pedigree by using laser scanning," the first deputy PM told parliament. Another government official likes the idea so much he wants it extended to cows, AFP reports. Sheep are vital to the economy of the mountainous country, which has a human population of about 5 million. (More Kyrgyzstan stories.)