As of: February 12, 2024, 9:46 a.m
By: Josef Ametsbichler
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The animals escaped from the pasture through gaps in the fence.
The police stopped the train traffic and chased the mouflons back into their enclosure.
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Federal police officers in Ebersberg, Bavaria, have renegade sheep to thank for a memorable operation on a senseless Thursday.
Ebersberg
- On the "nonsensical Thursday" (February 8th) - as has only now become known - federal police were working as cattle herders.
Sheep had escaped from an enclosure near the tracks, the Munich Federal Police Inspectorate announced on the morning of Shrove Monday.
Obedient mouflons: When the police come, they trot back into the enclosure
Near the Grafing-Wasserburg railway line, in the Laufinger Moos, several sheep were “abducted” from a pasture on Thursday.
Federal police were able to spot two of them around 3 p.m. near the railway, at track kilometer 7,000.
When the officers set out to capture the mouflons, they independently went towards their pasture and back into the enclosure.
Fortunately, the operation ended bloodlessly.
During the subsequent inspection, gaps in the fence were discovered that the four-legged friends used, “obviously to get to know something different,” as the officials put it.
(By the way: Everything from the region is now also available in our regular Ebersberg newsletter.)
Sheep on the tracks: train traffic affected
According to the follow-up report, train traffic was only briefly affected due to track closures.
After the person responsible was identified, according to police information, a 49-year-old German from the Ebersberg district, he initially temporarily secured the gaps in the fence.
The officers provided support with police tape.
The owner is now expected to pay costs in the lower three-digit range for the “animal police operation on a senseless Thursday”.
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