A flock of sheep from the town of Almyros in Greece sought refuge in a greenhouse during flooding caused by Storm Daniel and devoured more than 100 kilos of green leaves. The problem, however, is that the leaves were not grass, but marijuana.
“I do not know if I should laugh or cry. We lost a lot of production due to the heat. We lost the rest due to the floods. And the best part is that after all this, a flock of sheep invaded the farm and “I started eating what was left. To be honest, I don’t know what to say,” the owner of the animals and the greenhouse, Yannis Bourounis, told the Greek portal TheNewspaper.gr.
The cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes is permitted in the country. The producer described himself to the portal as the largest company producing cannabis in a greenhouse in Central Eastern Europe, with a production area of 20 hectares. “While we were trying to save everything we could, we suddenly see sheep and goats grazing normally in the greenhouse,” he says, describing the day the storm hit the region. “The sheep jumped higher than the goats,” he says.
He explained that after the damage caused by bad weather, the herd entered the greenhouse in search of shelter and food. “They found the poor vegetables to eat because the rest of their food was destroyed by the floods,” he said. “The problem was catching them and keeping them away from the crop because they didn’t want to leave at all,” he remembers.
Bourounis was concerned about the loss and said he did not know whether he would receive compensation from the government. “I understand that the state does not have enough money to cover all the damage. I have sent my documents to the district, but I see that there is no money to cover this damage. We are talking about a loss of more than 14 billion,” he said, noting that the animals “were happy for at least two days” and “produced very good milk.”