DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Deputies with the Durham County Animal Services are now calling themselves “Professional Sheep Herders” after a wild call off of Wake Forest Highway.
In photos shared by the Durham County Sheriff’s Office on social media, animal control flocked to the call of “six woolly trespassers” on Duck Pond Court. Upon arrival, they found five white ewes and one black ram grazing the backyard of a home.
After backup arrived, the social media post said animal control was able to corral the ewes out of the backyard to Ganyard Farm Way. It said they had to resort to nearby items in the neighborhood — including trash cans, pig boards and cornhole boards — to make a fortress that contained them.
A photo showed that one animal control officer was able to leash the black ram and reunite him with the ewes, “who instantly calmed down once their gentleman friend arrived.”…