Stranded Sheep Ride Boat to Safety

We have a daring rescue to tell you about tonight - a mission involving floodwaters boats and pregnant females andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t jim-olsonandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Jim Olsonandamp lt aandamp gt reports from near Logan The Mouse River just kept rising at Neil Grubb s ranch Monday night and Tuesday Water was pouring in to his pastureland - leaving his house an island The rising water also stranded some very important animals - 100 pregnant ewes Dick Schnell andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t minot-policeandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Minot Policeandamp lt aandamp gt Animal Control andamp quot Pregnant ewes yep They re going to lamb in about a week or so andamp quot Grubb called for help And late Tuesday help arrived in the form of a boat from the andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t north-dakotaandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt North Dakotaandamp lt aandamp gt andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t nd-game-and-fish-departmentandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Game and Fish Departmentandamp lt aandamp gt The craft became a lifeboat for the understandably nervous ewes In groups of a dozen or more the animals were loaded aboard - and then carefully transported across the flooded pasture to a neighbor s land Dick Schnell Minot Police Animal Control andamp quot This is probably the getting them loaded and unloaded is probably the hardest part andamp quot Boatload after boatload of sheep made the trip to higher ground A harrowing trip for these mothers-to-be Dick Schnell Minot Police Animal Control andamp quot It s a critical time for the sheep It s a critical time for the owner too andamp quot And thanks to some quick thinking by people who apparently only have eyes for ewes these animals have a safe place to bear their young Near Logan Jim Olson KX News The sheep rescue was pulled off by the Minot Police State Game and Fish Department and andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t roosevelt-park-zooandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Roosevelt Park Zooandamp lt aandamp gt In all they evacuated 100 sheep and one person