PIP Simpson, farmer in the UK, painted 800 sheep belonging to him in a bright orange color. Such a radical way, he plans to keep them safe from thieves, because for the last 3 years a farmer had stole 300 sheep.
A farmer went to such extraordinary measures as other ways to protect herds from thieves turned out to be ineffective. According to him if the buyer will see that and offer him a sheep of unusual color, he realizes that the animal could be stolen and do not want to buy it. Thus, stealing an orange sheep will be profitable.
The paint is not harmful to sheep chemicals, so that animal health are not in danger.
The police admits that the sheep-stealing is a really big problem for farmers. It is estimated that the financial loss of farmers due to theft of animals is 4 million pounds per year.
Translated by service "Yandex.Translation"
