‘Britain’s loneliest sheep’ rescued after two years near Scottish cliff outside
Fiona, Britain’s loneliest sheep, was rescued two years later. The animal was spotted by kayaker near Inverness, Scotland in 2021. She needed a good shave after her rescue, and is quite overweight, but is otherwise healthy.
Last month, one of the kayakers who spotted the sheep in 2021 took to the boats again on the Moray Firth. There she saw the animal again.
“The sheep were standing on the pebbly beach at the bottom of the steep, rocky shoreline. They were following us and bleating at us. The poor flock had been alone for at least two years,” Gillian Turner told reporters last weekend. October. Northern Times.
A petition later calling for a rescue of the animal gathered more than 52,000 signatures. But a Scottish animal welfare charity said saving Fiona would be “incredibly complex and dangerous”. BBC News.
Then sheep farmer Cami Wilson decided to save the animal. He went to the area with some farmers and found Fiona. Using a winch, they were able to lift the sheep up a steep slope. He says On social media. “Britain’s loneliest sheep aren’t so lonely anymore.”
It is not known who owns the animal. The sheep was moved to a place where it could rest and recover. “We named her Fiona and she is now safe and sound,” Wilson wrote.
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