A sheep who built a reputation for being the loneliest sheep in all of Britain has been rescued from a remote shore in the Scottish Highlands.
Fiona had been stranded at the foot of cliffs on the Cromarty Firth for over least two years. That was until a group of five farmers came to the rescue.
They managed to haul her up a steep slope, despite an animal welfare charity previously saying that any sort of rescue effort to save Fiona would be extremely tricky.Fiona the sheep in the Scottish highlandsThe rescue mission was organised by Cammy Wilson, a sheep shearer from Ayrshire, after coming across Fiona's struggle on social media.Facebook"We've come up here with some heavy equipment and we've got this sheep up an incredibly steep slope.
"She's in incredible condition. She is about a condition score of about 4.5, she is overfat - it was some job lifting her up that slope. She is going to a very special place that a lot of you know very well, where you'll be able to see her virtually every day."The Scottish SPCA said it had been aware of fiona's plight some time but was unable to find a safe way to rescue her.
A petition calling for the ewe's rescue had gathered over 50,000 signatures. Wilson and his team of farmers found her in a cave.
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