Britain's Loneliest Sheep Fiona Has Been Rescued And Re-homed After Two Years | Good Morning Britain
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- Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2023
- Fiona the sheep is relaxing and enjoying her new life on a farm in Scotland after being rescued and re-homed. We speak to farmer Ben Best who has taken Fiona in and reveals exclusively what will be done with the astonishing nine kilograms of wool.
Plus, why they've had to get extra security to keep Britain's loneliest and most famous sheep safe!
Broadcast on 07/11/23
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Misguided protesters costing this farmer money. Enough already. Thank you for rescuing Fiona and giving her a loving forever home. A children's book about Fiona would be an excellent idea.❤
That's a FANTASTIC idea with all proceeds going to Dalscone Farm! ❤
They are busy bodies. Needs to be more laws written about their activity when blocking roads and stuff.
What the heck is wrong with them?
An animated film would be great, from lamb to how she got down there and all the experiences she had while being down there, to the day of rescue and to the final retirement in luxury.
What a lucky sheep, to have been rescued, sheared, and checked over by a vet. But mostly she was lucky to have been rescued by the bravest, best humored, kindest men on the planet. I think she was so calm on the way up the cliff because she knew she was is good hands. Well done, lads!!
Man did the world need this feel-good story right now.
exactly
What feels good about it..??
Sheep 🥺
Yes, kind of helps us find our place again.❤
I know both lads that did this graham and cammy
We cracked up at her eating grass out of that hole
as they dragged her along LOL
Me too! I guess a sheep's gotta have her priorities straight.
Grass is always tastier on the parts that are harder to get to! ❤️💕 I loved seeing her eat the grass! That’s when I really thought she’s going to be ok! ❤️
Fiona is a very lucky lady to have been rescued and rehomed by the people she was, she will be very much loved and cared for by the "Best" ❤
She won't be though. She'll be a circus.
The activists who spent time getting to know her were bared from the land under false pretences and while they were gone, the farmers swooped in and took the sheep away.
The activists wanted to get her out safely and take her to a sanctuary where she would be safe and allowed to live her life away from the public eye.
@saa6673 the farmers had been in contact with the owner since the news first broke about her being there in a local news paper and had already arranged with him to rescue her.
I think there was some misunderstanding on the owners part with him believing the activists were part of the team he had been talking to and once he realised he decided to allow the original team to rescue her as arranged.
She won't be a circus, she'll be reintegrated with other sheep and put out in the pastures to live out her life and cared for. The farm is closed to the public for the next 5 months and by the time it reopens in the spring she will be out living her best life with her own small flock. The animals that are inside in pens are in large pens with deep beds, behind barriers and feed troughs to stop the public from being hands on, there are also signs all over the park asking the public NOT to try and pet the animals.
The sanctuary that the activists wanted her to go to hold meet and greets for adults and children where they can pet on and hand feed the animals and have overnight stays on the grounds right next to the paddocks.
Farmer Ben needs to introduce Fiona to a well behaved "Hamish" for company and a possible pitter patter of tiny hooves.
Why didn't "the activists who spent time getting to know to know her" ever do her the favor of a good shear to remove the massive weight and tangling hazard that was the biggest threat to her life, safety, and comfort? She now will be looked after properly with others of her own kind for company thanks to these guys, not anyone else who had two and a half years to rescue her and didn't get it done. Activists who cared about her would be happy that she is in a safer place doing well, and wouldn't be out there terrorizing the farmer and the animals on the farm.@@saa6673
Why on earth would activists be against her rescue?!
Sending ❤ from the US!
Sadly, it's how they get their jollies and more bad publicity. 😂
Appears to have been started by the group that attempted to rescue her first. They seem upset they didn't get the "fame" they were hoping for.
Because they want her to go to Sanctuary, not another farm to be exploited 😢
She needs to go to Sanctuary, activists are just wanting the best home for her and a Sanctuary was willing to take her. A normal farm will exploit her.😢
@@j.cassavoy4661do some research she’s in Dumfries at a 5 ⭐️family run farm park.
Animal rights activists sticking their oar in after the hard work of the rescue thinking they know best. Well done Ben and Cammy. Ye canny beat the country boys.
Beautiful job of shearing her and leaving enough of her fleece to keep her warm. It's getting into the colder weather now.
Well, Cammy is a very experienced shearer, so it would be natural for him to do the job properly. He deliberately chose to use hand shears because it's easier to leave a slightly longer fleece with them, it is less likely to cut the sheep if she struggles a lot (and he couldn't be sure that she would stay calm) and they are much more quiet and less likely to alarm.
She'll be kept indoors until she gets used to her surroundings, and fleece grows all the year round, so by the time she goes out into a paddock she'll have a little more covering.
We love Cammy on his RUclips channel.
I’ve been following Dalscone on Facebook for 2 years and visited them from Florida this past April. They are the epitome of animal care. I’m so glad Fiona has a new home there! What a wonderful story of rescue. 🥰🥰
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Where is she now
Fiona was named because of a famous sheep called Shrek. He was rescued in New Zealand 2004 and featured on the the Bondi Vet show. Shrek’s fleece weighed 27kg/59.5lbs. Shriek is the most famous, but Chris, a Canberran ram found in Canberra, Australia 2005 holds the record of sheared fleece at 41kg/90.3lbs. He likely had only weeks to live due to his wool.
Other rescued fleece weights:
Shaun, 2014 Merino ram Tasmania 23.5kg/51.8lbs fleece.
Big Ben, 2014 Merino ewe New Zealand 28.9kg/63.7lbs fleece.
Sheila, ewe 2015 Tasmania 21.8kg/50.3lbs fleece.
Ewenice, ewe 2020 found in Victoria, Australia 20kg/44lbs fleece.
Baarack, Merino ram 2021 Victoria, Australia 35kg/77lbs fleece.
Shrekapo, Merino sheep 2022 from New Zealand with 18kg almost 40lbs of fleece.
Alex, 2022 Victoria, Australia produced a 40kg/88lbs fleece.
Cammie is going to have Fiona's fleece washed & turned into merchandise which will be sold & the proceeds to go to charity 💕💕
Ewenice and Baarack best sheep names ever lol
Good job guys ,cammy I’ve been following you for a yr . Good job and Fiona will have a comfortable content life now. Tell the protestors to go jump down where Fiona had been stuck and live in solitude …
It,s amazing she is is in such good condition after down the cliffs,she must have live off moss and rain water plus strong constitution plus seeweed,well done indeed.
She fed off the grass and she's a healthy girl
So pleased this lovely sheep has been rescued and is doing so well ❤❤❤👏👏👏🥳 she looks very happy!
Fiona is one chill sheep! She is a sweetheart and she was rescued, not abused. There is no reason for animal activists to protest anything! If they want to concern themselves with her, they should start a go fund me page for her care!💕🇨🇦
I hope her remaining years are happy. I for one am glad she was rescued. I know so many people say to leave animals alone and I agree: but in her case she was not in a normal situation. Mammals are for the most part social beings.
Her case was normal to the extent that sheep do wander into odd places entirely of their own volition and sometimes they can't get back; in this instance getting her back really wasn't something which could be easily tackled. The video made it look relatively simple but both Cammy and Graeme have admitted that there were moments when they thought they had bitten off more than they could handle.
There are also some breeds of sheep which don't flock together but spread out widely and generations of ewes will live in the same small area one after another. This is because they live in areas where feed is sparse and grazing as a flock is not viable. They are known as "hefted" sheep and will always return to the same area after being gathered (for example for shearing). They are mostly found (in the UK) in the Lake District, the Scottish Highlands and some islands, like Shetland. Should the farm be sold, the sheep are generally sold with it because they cannot be uprooted.
Before anyone shouts, that's a very brief precis of hefted sheep, not a detailed analysis - this is not the place for one but there are books which explain the phenomenon in detail.
Wow Fiona is in the best hands possible it makes me sad that people are protesting against it , she was rescued by cammy the sheep game who knows everything about sheep from scanning to shearing breeding, lambing he does it all & Graham the hoof GP who is brilliant at what he does, she has gone to the best place possible & people still mad , when they could be protesting about something that really matters instead of wasting their time, there is people dying, what about the loneliest old people on their own no one to talk to try helping them, I think people have gone crazy, thank you for the update cammy 😊
Sheep exploiters are not the best guardians for the Sheep, she needs to go to Sanctuary.
I think people are more aware of the what goes on at the farms. Versus sanctuaries. Thanks for the lecture, dear.
Youre such a funny little activist!! On the farm she will be well cared for, perhaps bred, definitely remain a well cared for special sheep the rest of her life, without being forced to interact constantly with ignorant humans.
In a sanctuary, she will constantly be exploited, harassed, stressed and used to stimulate donations for the cause...hardly what this lady needs.
So glad she was rescued. Bravo
This is the feel good story that we all needed at this time. Well done on her rescue
I'm so happy Fiona has a new & happy home!💜💜💜💜
Amongs the horrors going on this made ver very warm 💕❤️
Her body condition was great.... She had lots of good grazing grasses. Sheep don't do well mentally, by themselves. So for people who don't know about sheep, she's in a great place.
Love Cammy, and Graeme!!!! So proud of them!
Cammy has a video showing the rescue. Those guys that were involved are awesome.
God bless all of you and sweet Fiona ❤️❤️ she looks amazing after her shearing 🥰
Such a great story!!
Sheep know when people are caring. You can see the appreciation on her face
My name is Fiona, she's a lucky sheep 🐑 ♥️
Fiona is so much better looking now. I watched her rescue on Cammys You tube video. A very exciting and wonderful save.👍
Love this!!! Awesome happy news
So glad she was rescued. That coat must have been so heavy.
Can you imagine wearing that all summer. Poor thing.
9 kgs, they weighed it.
@@thecourtlyalchemist The east coast of Scotland north of Inverness doesn't get as warm as many other parts of the UK - and where she was living there would have been a near constant on-shore breeze to keep her cool. Unshorn sheep which are uncomfortable will usually rub and scratch to remove wool, and her rocky environment gave her plenty of opportunity to do so, therefore she couldn't have been too unhappy.
@@thecourtlyalchemist I thought that as well.
Thank you Dalscone! Mad Respect and Love to all of you ❤❤
A great story!
As long as she gets to with her own kind, then she will be happy.
Thanks guys.. I was raised with sheep
An awesome rescue ... bless you all. ❤❤❤😂😊
Happy news. ❤️🐑
Brilliant rescue! Fiona probably felt calm knowing that good men were rescuing her.
Sheep really don't differentiate between people in that sort of way. They kept her calm by getting hold of her swiftly and firmly (no faffing about) and then enclosing her in a confined space. They knew to do this because they were all experienced handlers of livestock. Pretty much any animal will stop struggling when in a very small space.
The drone flyers are fools; this will frighten all of the farm animals!
Farm animals don't lift their heads from grazing when the RAF are low-flying over them. Unless the drones are actually buzzing around their ears they are unlikely to pay much attention, probably none after the first five minutes. Animals which are normally preyed upon by birds are most likely to fear things moving overhead... and that doesn't apply to farm animals in any significant way; though eagles - Golden and White-tailed - do take a few lambs in the Highlands. The first time the wind turbines start up the sheep run away, by the end of a week they are grazing right up to the base of the towers.
@@jennypratt5345That's assuring. Thanks.
Drones terrify our neighbor's pet ducks. It shouldn't be legal to harass other people with drones either.@@jennypratt5345
Watched from TN US. After seeing you first on Dalscone live. 💙👍🏼
Heard about this on Sabdy Bricks page talking about Fiona. Glad Canada fans can cheer this on.
Let her be a sheep among sheep. ❤
Ohhh ❤ I did signed the petition to her rescue.
I love this story! Fiona will be looked after, she looks so happy & if she hadn’t been shaved it could’ve turned out terribly. Central Victoria Australia 🇦🇺
Less likely to turn out terribly in Scotland, where we don't have levels of heat that you do in Australia. Eventually she would have started to rub her fleece off against the rocks as it became more uncomfortable. But it is certainly better that she's not down there any longer.
Cammy Wilson Was a God Sent of "The Sheep Game" , Great You Tube Channel Great Job Cammy From America You Should Be Knighted From the King
Go to The Sheep Game for the best video ever! ❤😊Way to go Canny, Graeme, and Addi and team!❤❤ Much love to Fiona! Thank you Ben for giving her a great home! ❤
Well done Cammy and Ben. Fiona looks fantastic after her haircut, Cammy. Kim in New Zealand 🇳🇿
LOVE the Scottish accent. ☺️
She’s lovely n cuddle thanku subhan allah for looking after her 🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻
Nice From America
Great job guys. Great Guys!
She was peaceful alone, that is why she was and is so relaxed!... no humans nor animals to bother her... good that she finds back peace!
What a pretty girl. Thank you! Activists are a little late to be early. Fiona is in a much better place.
Glad to know she is ok… fun story could be a children’s story or movie!😊😊❤❤
Love Fiona and her story
So get past the animal activists by live streaming her pen overnight….
Fiona the sheep for PM
Animal activists give those of us who really care a bad name because they have an "agenda" of needing attention which is more important.
Fiona is a good 😊 girl 👧
FIONA IS A RECORD BREAKER!!! The last record was Australia's Chris the sheep. Who had 41 K of wool/fleece. Fiona had 90 K!! Trying to get someone to notice.
90k? oh, that's heartbreaking that she was carrying so much wool in summer.
No, she isn't, you've managed to add a zero in there. Her fleece weighed in at 9kg, not 90.
@@thecourtlyalchemist 9kg, not 90.
I thought the wool would go to Ridley's Believe it or not museum. Fiona looks well and happy to be safe again.
This would make a nice child's story.
The Hoof GP even helped out. That’s how I found out about this.
Was a heck of a team, for sure!!
He and Cammy come from the same part of the world and are friends. Cammy needed a team who were young enough and fit enough to do the job on the cliff, and knowledgeable enough about animals to do the handling. Graeme would be an obvious choice.
The two young Scots have a lovely accent. What part of Scotland are they from?
She was lonely, but she had fresh water, sweet grass, and ocean front property to walk about and a cave to protect her from the elements. No dogs barking orders. She was free, but she definitely needed a barber. Thanks for rescuing her.🎉🎉🎉
Ewe were the one and only, but not anymore.
I wish they had also mentioned the other people that helped rescue Fiona, there was a whole team including Graham Parker the Hoof GP who donated the heavy rope needed to pull Fiona up the cliff. She is not the loneliest sheep in the world she is the luckiest sheep in the world.
All these people fully risked their lives to rescue Fiona when no one else like animal rescue etc would step in because they said it was too dangerous and too big a risk, that human life outweighed Fiona’s life. I don’t know where else you can find the video of the rescue but it is definitely on The Hoof GP’s RUclips page.
She was checked out after being rescued and sheared. Her body score was 4.5 out of 5: overweight! Her weight was 92 kgs. The average ewe varies in weight from 35 kgs- 60 kgs!
Cammy who did Fiona's shear said he had 1200 sheep and only one is as big as Fiona
It would have been a lot better if the cameraman had managed to get the video in focus !
I think they deliberately blurred it to protect people.
It’s might be copyrighted
Animal activists protesting that this sheep was rescued?? Wow, I can't imagine why...I doubt they're going to turn her into stew meat. And giving wool doesn't hurt. They should keep her wool separate..
Wouldn't it be cool to have a sweater from her?!
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No sheep is lonely in Wales .
This made me laugh. Thank you.
Let’s hope this brings people to wool!
Yes you are right👍of course a publicity stunt making people feel good about exploiting animals for their wool.
No need to exploit innocent beings when we don't need wool anymore. I volunteer at a Sanctuary and the sheep are gently sheared over days so they are not stressed. The wool is put in the forest for the wild animals to use for their nests.❤
@@j.cassavoy4661 wool is a natural fiber that returns to the earth. It doesn’t require pesticides or hurt the animal to have it removed. Are you suggesting we should wear clothing made from plastics because it’s cruelty free?
So the sheep are handled many times instead of once and done....lots of serious stress there. As for putting the wool in the forest....not bright. Wool by its nature can become tangled hard around legs, necks, and toes. Ive had to free domeztic poultry hete more than once when they got into larger clumps of wool and bevamd entangled.
@@RICDirector that just depends on the farmer. Sheep are usually cut once or twice a year. Most of them really enjoy getting a trim.
I’m curious : how did she end up there and how long did folks know she was even down there? Was she spotted from a passing boat?
The funniest part of that story is tree-huggers being upset about it.
What do you mean...?
@@cantspellandy5833 there is a bunch of some eco guys who wanted to save the sheep but weren’t fast enough and are now upset that the sheep will end up on a farm instead of some sanctuary.
@@BBountyHunter you mean there's some empathetic and compassionate people trying to save the sheep's life, but the sheep ended up back into a life of persecution, for profit😞😔but where do tree huggers get involved..?
@@cantspellandy5833 life of persecution 🤣
It’s going to live on a farm, not do hunger games, ffs. 😂
Britain's Loneliest Sheep Fiona Has Been Rescued And Re-homed After Two Years | Good Morning Britain 2140PM 7.11.23 what a crazy story....a mellow ewe.
Your pictures are blurry fyi❤
What would animal rights activists have to say that wasn’t, oh I don’t know, thank you? There’s always someone making a fuss.
If you was being exploited, abused or even being killed, I'm sure you would like somebody to make a fuss about it.
Ok, lets make a fuss about the ARAs exploiting tbeir 'rescues' yo get publicity and donations, hmm? Financizl and ideological exploitation is still exploitation.
H/Farmers
These men are our heroes ❤
Why would animal activist be upset? You did something good you rescued a sheep that would otherwise probably have perished, and she looks pretty healthy and happy.
Sounds like the guys saved the poor sheep... from animal rights people!
One is the loneliest number that ever was lol
Those silly activists need to find a good deed to do of their own instead of harassing people who actually do good. Bug off bothersome trouble makers. Good job guys.
People are starved for happy news, that's what's going on. But, what animal rights people are upset about, I can't imagine.
Surely she has a tag and an owner?
9 kg of wool shorn equals only 20 pounds in conversion? The animal looks like it's got about a hundred pounds of wool on it! Nice rescue guys!!!! Props!
An average UK fleece weighs between 1 and 3kgs though, so it was a lot more than that. But she's a young sheep, an older ewe would probably have had a heavier fleece.
God never left her❤
So sick of all these protesters
LIKE CASTAWAY😂 SHOULD HAVE CALLED HER WILSON
Is it just me or does her cage look very small?
I hope she is NOT going to be slaughter?!
Of course not!!!!!
No way. She is healthy, will be well cared for, and will, Id bet, be the 'farm pet' even long past reproductive age. A side benefit of being at a farm with public exposure, that.
What is an animal rights activist..??
A smelly person who does more harm than good usually ...
Im welsh and would like nothing more than for fiona to come and live with me!she's quite smart boyo.
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@@harleythebrit6386 sense of humour alert!🤔😁
What a ridiculous comment! She spent two years "perfectly happy" on her own? Just how do you know that she was "perfectly happy"? As a herd animal, I doubt very much that she was "perfectly happy" or in any way content. Just how happy would you be? And you're not even a herd animal! Yes, a social animal, and what does that mean? You should be more careful about what words you allow to leave your mouth. That has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard a "news person" say. Ridiculous. If she was so happy, why did she need to be rescued? Because shes is a HERD ANIMAL! And they are NOT HAPPY on their own! She would NEVER feel safe! How would you like to find yourself in such a position?
agree, what a strange thing to say
Youd think theyd give her to q sanctuary and not a farm... Maybe thats why the protests were there. Lol
a farm is not a fantastic home. animals are products there. and i would have wished she´d go into a sanctuary and not be farmed. :/
I'm confused is the sheep in a sanctuary or a farm. Will she live out her life or be sent for slaughter.
She's at an amazing farm where she'll live out the rest of her days in loving bliss- they're exceptionally good and caring farmers who take impeccable care of their animals. She's one lucky lady...
@@susanmont7578 it's the rest of her days bit I'm confused about. I'm glad she was rescued and I'm sure they are great farmers. But farmers who rear sheep are in a business they rear sheep for slaughter.
Dalscone farm is a rare breed sanctuary - they have absolutely zero connection with the meat trade and keep their animals into old age until they pass from a natural death - no slaughter, no "petting".
@@user-ej6bz4wm9f They don't raise sheep. They provide a sanctuary for farm animals. Maybe look up the farm to see what they're about?
@@susanmont7578a sanctuary then.?
What? did the animal activists want her to go back to live free in the cave?
There goes my Xmas dinner 🙆 (I live a few hundred meters from where this sheep was rescued from - on the Pictish Peninsula) - My welfare requirements are now officially below those of a sheep. 🃏
Nothing like a group of criminal activists getting in the way of trying to save animals life
Sorry but this world (loonie lefties) has gone completely mad.......get a life n grow up!