research in india found that a combination of climaterelated stresses on sheep for example excessive heat and lower nutritional intake had severe impacts on the animals biological coping mechanisms sejian et al however projected drier conditions in the extensive rangelands of southern africa would increase water scarcity in botswana the costs of pumping water from boreholes increases percent by in the near east declining forage quality soil erosion and water scarcity will most likely be exacerbated in the semiarid rangelands turral burke and faures in europe global warming is likely to increase sheep tick activity and the risk of tickborne diseases in the autumn and winter months gray et al