Saturday - MTB'ing....
we were biking in some vineyards when I saw a sheep caught in a net-type electric fence, wildly jerking around. She was probably trying to get to the "greener grass on the other side".
We first had to shut off the battery of the fence, undo the contact. Not sure if it was even turned on considering the sheep went through it in the first place.
then jump the fence and run down to the poor creature. I tried to calm her by talking to her, the netting was very tight where she had pulled it to the ground. We tried to loosen it up. She was rather calm but started retching when I tried to undo the tight webs - she'd just stuck her whole head right through it.
We finally managed to undo one of the main poles and get it loose. She collected her composure for a few, then took off to her mates.
We found a few people working the vineyards and asked them to call the owner.
Sorry creature, I'm sure she wasn't hurt. but those fences suck.
Nice soft fluffy coat.
I wonder if we managed to give her a feeling that we were there to help.



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