Hundreds of sheep escape...and block bypass

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Hundreds of escaped sheep were pictured blocking a bypass in the early hours of the morning - after a country gate was left open.  Around 220 pregnant ewes were spotted on the A-road after they escaped.  Farmer Edward Albutt says he got a call around 3am on Sunday telling him half his flock were blocking the A38 bypass, in Gloucestershire.  He told the BBC: "Thankfully no traffic was coming at the time, because it could have been catastrophic.''  The sheep were returned safely after an hour of herding.

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00:00If we do a quick count, there's got to be at least 50 or 60 sheep that way.

00:06Are you counting sheep?

00:08Yeah, I know, I'd rather be counting sheep.

00:12It's the right time of night for counting sheep.

00:20Yeah, there's got to be at least 200 sheep here.

00:23Because you can count 50 really easily coming past.

00:26And there's another 50 or 60 that way.

00:28And God knows how many are up that way.

00:30So it's got to be over 200.

00:33Do you think they've come through the estate from the fields out back?

00:36Yeah.

00:37They could have come actually through the estate, couldn't they?

00:39Rather than actually on the common land.

00:41So far, no.

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