Flock of 1,000 sheep invade Spanish city

By Daniel Uria
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Police in Spain helped herd a flock of sheep that escaped onto the streets of a local city. Huesca police shared video of the approximately 1,300 sheep that escaped from their shepherd after he fell asleep early Tuesday morning. 
 Screen capture/Policía Local Huesca/Facebook
Police in Spain helped herd a flock of sheep that escaped onto the streets of a local city. Huesca police shared video of the approximately 1,300 sheep that escaped from their shepherd after he fell asleep early Tuesday morning. Screen capture/Policía Local Huesca/Facebook

HUESCA, Spain, June 8 (UPI) -- A flock of about 1,000 sheep were seen freely roaming about the streets of a Spanish city after escaping from their shepherd.

Huesca police shared video of the massive herd of sheep at around 4:30 a.m Tuesday morning after receiving reports of hundreds of sheep running loose on a nearby street.

According to The Local, the sheep were in the process of being herded to pastures in the Pyrenees when their shepherd fell asleep allowing them to escape.

With the help of police the shepherd was able to herd each of the 1,300 sheep to their proper destination by 7 a.m.

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