The animal well-being charity was gotten in touch with after the ewe was stranded after wandering off down the cliffside near the Castlemartin Range near St Govans in Pembrokeshire.
The sheep had actually been stranded for a couple of weeks however fortunately was on a grassy slope location so had actually access to grazing. There had been another 2 ewes caught there however as they had actually been greater up they had actually handled to get away the cliff face themselves.
In a video catching the rescue, an eight-strong RSPCA group are seen that includes officers from Wales, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, West Midlands and Sussex – deputy chief inspector (DCI) Gemma Cooper, deputy chief inspector Suzy Hannaby, inspectors Alan Barnes, Vicki Taylor, Joanna Pearson and animal rescue officers (AROs) Marie Stevens, Simon Kite and Dean Wilkins.
“We assessed the situation and could clearly see that the ewe was not going to get back up the cliff on her own,” said Gemma, who is DCI for the Mid and West Wales RSPCA inspectorate group.
“However, due to the place of the sheep – being on Ministry of Defence land as there is a live shooting variety close by – we were just able to access the location on particular days to examine and to prepare the rescue.
“We consequently combined our specifically qualified officers that we can draw from throughout England and Wales to carry out the rescue and performed the rescue effectively.
“The sheep was unharmed and released at the top of the cliff on hard land. The shepherd was in attendance too.”
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It is not understood how the ewe wound up on such unsafe surface, although it is not uncommon for sheep to graze on cliff tops. However, the RSPCA state they want to advise dog owners they require to think about animals and keep their family pets on leads and look for stock in fields. Dogs can offer go after to animals and the RSPCA is called out to lots of saves in which sheep end up being caught in precarious scenarios as they attempt to get away.
The RSPCA’ state their rescue groups will be out in all weather conditions this year carrying out rescue operations in scenarios like this, in addition to saving animals from abuse, overlook and suffering.
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