A Devon farmer has come up with an innovative solution to combat rustling - he's dyed his sheep orange.
John Heard has put about 250 Blackface ewes through a harmless dip of temporary orange dye to discourage criminals, after having about 200 sheep stolen in recent years.
John reckons rustling is a big problem on Dartmoor and told the press he was "getting mighty fed up with losing so many".
It reminded me of the football-following farmer who put the St George's cross on his sheep and the flock of Scottish sheep turned blue to celebrate St Andrew's Day.
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