Stolen blue texel lambs reunited with 'grateful' farmer in Dorset

Dorset Police Rural Crime Team said the three-week-old ram and two-week-old ewe had been stolen from a farm near Bridport

Chris Brayford
clock • 1 min read
A police officer reuniting two stolen lambs to a 'grateful' owner near Bridport (Dorset Police Rural Crime Team)
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A police officer reuniting two stolen lambs to a 'grateful' owner near Bridport (Dorset Police Rural Crime Team)

Rural crime officers have reunited two lambs after they had been stolen from a farm near Bridport. Dorset Rural Crime Team said two blue texel lambs, a three-week-old ram and two-week-old ewe, had been...

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