According to British media reports, a sheep that had lived alone on a cliff for years has been released from isolation, according to British media reports. The BBC, among others, reported this over the weekend.
Consequently, the animal, described as “Britain’s loneliest sheep”, became lost on a cliff along the Cromarty Firth inlet in the Scottish Highlands.
A kayaker first spotted him in 2021 and saw him again two years later.
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Petition with more than 55 thousand signatures
A petition to save the animal was recently launched and received more than 55,000 signatures. Now he was saved by a sheep shearer named Cammy Wilsonwho presents a BBC program about farming and country life.
He gathered a group of volunteers who pushed the animal up the mountain – and sometimes lifted it, he reported in a video posted on Facebook. He said he wanted to show that farmers care about the fate of their animals after there were many negative comments on social media.
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The animal is fine
The reason the animal, now named Fiona, was not rescued sooner was because there was no insurance in case of an accident. He admitted that the action was not without danger. “A slip-up is the only difference between heroism and idiotism,” he said. Fortunately, that didn’t happen.
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Scottish animal welfare association Scottish SPCA confirmed the rescue operation via short message service X and said the animal was in good condition. How Fiona arrived at the remote cliffs was still unclear. Apparently she didn’t lack for food: Fiona was overweight and had very long fur, Wilson reported. She will now have a very special home.