The aliens have landed!!!!

[ferny]

Oh, wait. It's just a sheep....

Night glow paint may save sheep

The Forest of Dean's famous wandering sheep could soon have their fleeces painted luminous pink and yellow.

The idea, to make them much easier for motorists to see at night, has come from the Commoners' Association, which looks after the animals.

Secretary of the Commoners' Association Mick Holder said: "Anything to make the sheep safer and we're up for it."

The search has now started for a paint which can be applied to the animals without causing them harm.

On average one sheep is killed every week on the Forest's roads.

Sheep are allowed to roam freely in the Dean due to an ancient right bestowed upon foresters from Norman times.

It applies to people born within the Hundred of St. Briavels - which covers most of the forest.

The sheep keepers who are known as "sheep badgers" simply turn their sheep out to graze.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/4269696.stm

Could you imagine rounding a bend to be confronted by a bright pink sheep? :shock:

 

[terri]

Does this mean all our sweaters will be pink and yellow...? :meh: