Police are on the lookout for a person who was seen with two youngsters chasing a sheep till it fell off a cliff in Cornwall.
Upset vacationers may solely watch on because the sheep plummeted on the rocks beneath in Polly Joke, close to Newquay.
Locals confronted the suspects and considered one of them is alleged to have change into aggressive again on July 27.
Devon and Cornwall Police’s Rural Affairs crew is working intently with native neighbourhood officers to analyze.
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Sergeant Jones stated: ‘We all know this incident has had a big impact on the area people and we are able to’t think about why anybody would willingly chase or hurt an harmless animal.
‘Behaviour like that is unacceptable and we’re decided to convey these accountable to justice.
‘We imagine there have been numerous witnesses who haven’t but come ahead however may assist with our enquiries. When you have been within the space and noticed what occurred, please come ahead.’
In the meantime, in neighbouring Dorset, a church turned to a flock of sheep to assist combat their out-of-control graveyard weeds.
Vicar Andrew Rowland welcomed his new flock of 4 North Ronaldsay rams at St Wolfrida’s Church within the village of Horton, Dorset.
The cash-strapped church is saving up £300,000 for constructing repairs after its timbers have been infested by deathwatch beetles.
The congregation couldn’t afford to rent a gardener to keep up the 1.5-acre grounds round its World Warfare One graves.
For the Cornish incident, anybody with data is urged to contact police through the drive web site or by calling 101.
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