cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/8860357
Britain’s so-called “loneliest sheep,” which was stuck at the foot of a remote cliff in Scotland, has been rescued, according to a group of farmers who made it their mission to save the well-known sheep. Cammy Wilson, who led the rescue mission, said it was a risky one – and that’s why, despite past attempts by others, the sheep had been stuck for so long.
There was an animal activist group who were trying to rescue the sheep as well days prior. Here’s their video: video
Damn, reading the article and then watching the video are definitely two VERY different sides of the story! At first I thought the people in the video were the ones mentioned in the article, so was expecting a bad ass sheep rescue. To find out that the people in the article actually intentionally mislead the initial rescuers so they could sell the sheep to a petting zoo was a massive disappointment.
Yes that’s what I thought initially too. Then I watched a few more videos and came to this realization. If you watched the interview videos (watch the one from BBC Morning show) the farm who adopted Fiona had to hire security because of animal rights activists. What I suspect is the owner gave the animal rights activists a few days to get the sheep out. When they couldn’t after a few days, told them to get equipment (which they clearly didn’t have in their first 3 attempts, and did not mention having equipment either when they went back and found the sheep was gone) and gave them the run around and got this bunch of farmers to do it, who did it in one go. He gave the sheep away because he didn’t want the attention of activists.
I wouldn’t trust animal rights activists to be fairly representing all involved parties themselves. Nobody made enough money off this sheep to even justify renting a winch.