Would ewe believe it? Two sheep saved from cliff ordeal

PERTHSHIRE: Terrified animals rescued after being stuck for 11 days

Two sheep have been rescued from a tiny cliff ledge in Perthshire after being stranded for 11 days.

The terrified sheep had become “cragfast” and were unable to move safely from the short cliff in Glen Lednock.

Members of both Tayside Police Division Mountain Rescue Team and Tayside Mountain Rescue Team plucked the sheep from the crag on Wednesday.

Constable Paul Morgan, deputy leader of the Police Mountain Rescue Team said, it was “one of their more unusual callouts in recent times”.

He said: “Although this type of incident is not common for us, given the nature of the location and our concerns for both the shepherd and animals, we were more than willing to lend a hand in an environment we are more than comfortable in.

“Given how much assistance farmers had given police all over the country in recent weeks following Storm Emma, where they helped keep roads open and dug out countless stranded motorists, this seemed a very fitting way of repaying the favour.”

The shepherd in question had been struggling to gather his sheep together.

The severe weather had driven them far and wide across the glen.

Team members used some improvised technical rescue skills, which saved local landworkers putting themselves in harm’s way.

Although shaken by the ordeal, both sheep were reunited with their grateful shepherd.

Earlier this week five sheep were rescued by the RSPCA after being trapped on a cliff ledge for several days in Cornwall.

A sheep was also rescued from the mud on a river bank in North Yorkshire as temperatures plummeted during the beast from the east.

One of the sheep being rescued after becoming stuck on the ledge in Glen Lednock.