On the 3rdof May this year six sheep that had been stranded on a cliff in the Trossachs (Scotland) for a fortnight were finally rescued.
Farmer Alisdair Bain, (who also seems to have a band…) called in Trossachs Search and Rescue when it became clear the sheep were not going to rescue themselves. The search and rescue team worked in conjunction with the Scottish SPCA and twenty three volunteers to rescue the stranded animals.
Lothian 4×4 Response provided Land Rovers to anchor the members of the rescue team as conditions recently have been too dry for anchoring spikes to be hammered into the cliff face, which just crumbled at the attempt.
All the sheep involved were successfully brought to safety after an eight hour co-ordinated rescue. They seemed none the worse for their ordeal.
Graham, our man on the cliff had this insight into the situation:
“I believe that the sheep are probably suffering from Delusional Disorder. If you combine this with the fact that they may have been able to view “Glacier Mountain Goats” (a Wildlife documentary looking at the mountain goats of Glacier National Park in Canada’s Rocky Mountains) through a local farmhouse window, it was almost inevitable that an incident such as this would occur. Alternatively it could just be that sheep are really, really stupid…”
We could not help but notice that the sheep in question were black and white, co-incidentally the same colour as badgers. Here at Newsnibbles we find ourselves wondering whether this could be another stunt from BAG, but there is no evidence at this point.
