wibu to have dialled 999 sheep in the road?

[fteguu123]

Genuinely don't know if I was being unreasonable this morning. I live on a road which is long but you can only drive out one end. The other end has alleyway leading to another road. My road backs onto large field full of sheep. This morning at 8.15 approximately 50 sheep were running around the road and in gardens. The primary school is less than 10 minute walk away and children would soon be leaving to walk to school. I immediately rang 999 for the police. Police woman said he'd send someone out to them. Speaking to other people since and all surprised I rang emergency number. Wibu?

At the risk of getting flamed here, the sheep are someone's livelihood. They are also animals which were in danger of death as well as in danger of contributing to a road accident. It wasn't a small matter at all. There were 50 of them not just one or two.

That's a bit harsh SoDiana, they're not goats y'know

Im a sheep farmers daughter. Sheep getting out is common. If we come across de fuckers you run them back into the field. Then you tell farmer that de fuckers are getting out. Sheep are funny. One goes and off they all go. Fencing is a full time job for farmers.

When I try to hug sheep they always run away.

Next time you should try to cuddle them.

I can imagine the fifty delinquents in court. How do you plead? Meh

They'll be sent down for baaaad behaviour.

I'd have probably called 101 rather than 999 unless I thought the sheep were likely to get onto a dual carriageway or motorway.

oh Squoosh ewe are awful!

I've called 101 a number of times for cows. A lovely lady also herded some into our field and we started ringing round trying to get hold of the farmer. His herdsmen were lovely and really helpful offering to pay/make right any damage. They're going to cut our hedge when they do theirs instead.

Def 101, police can't get to serious 999 calls let alone sheep!

At 9am in the morning you're hardly likely to be tying up the 999 line for some dire emergency, so I think it was fine.

Once we woke up and found about twelve sheep happily munching on the grass of our next door neighbour's garden. We lived in the middle of a housing estate

To get to the supermarket I have to drive over a mountain road through common land where sheep, cattle and ponies graze. There are ALWAYS sheep in the road. Anyone ringing 999 round here for sheep would be considered decidedly tup'iawn.

You beep, they scarper. End of crisis.

I think it's a bit harsh to say OP was wasting resources. Presumably they dealt with it non-urgently rather than sending blue lights and sirens so I doubt much more than 30 seconds of anyones time was wasted. It's not like she went to A&E with a sore toe.

Were the sheep engaged in criminal behaviour?

yes they must have been ram raiding....

Or possibly fleecing someone

I nearly crashed into a whole herd of them at dusk once as a lone farmer was herding them up a main road (national speed limit) around a bend from behind in his van. I should have called the police for that one and got the farmer locked up, possibly for insanity!