The Sunday Post (Inverness)

Sheep shot by arrow

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A police investigat­ion is under way after a sheep was found with fatal head injuries on a farm.

Officers believe the animal was shot with a crossbow and arrow before being discovered in a field on the outskirts of Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, on Friday.

A post-mortem examinatio­n was carried out on the four-year-old ewe to determine how she came to be injured.

Police are appealing for anyone with informatio­n to come forward.

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