Rabbits sheep tight

THREE wild rabbits escaped rising floodwaters in New Zealand by clambering aboard a flock of sheep and surfing to safety on their woolly backs.

Ferg Horne, 64, was trudging through pelting rain to rescue a neighbour’s 40 sheep on Saturday at their South Island farm near Dunedin when he spotted dark shapes from a distance. As he got closer, he saw the bedraggled rabbits hitching a ride – two on one sheep and a third on another sheep.

As the sheep approached the higher ground, the rabbits fell off but managed to climb a hedge to safety.