A farmer has bred the first ever tartan sheep – creating a minor tourist attraction at his farm in Scotland.Grant Bell has taken to parading the colourful flock across his East Lothian property to the sound of bagpipes.
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Claim: Thousands of Japanese pet owners were victimized by swindlers who sold them sheep and told them the animals were poodles.
Status: False.
Reference: Snopes
Status: False.Reference: Snopes
THOUSANDS of rich women were conned by a firm into believing LAMBS were valuable miniature POODLES.Entire flocks were imported to Japan from the UK and Australia then sold by the internet company as the latest “must have” pet.
The bizarre scam was rumbled when Japanese movie star Maiko Kawakami complained on a talk show that her new poodle refused to bark or eat dog food.
She showed photos of the animal and was devastated when told that it was a lamb.
Hundreds of women contacted police to say that they had also been sold lambs instead of pedigree pups by the tricksters based in Sapporo, Japan.
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A flock of red sheep have been entertaining motorists driving past a business park in West Lothian.The sheep have been released on a hillside beside the M8 between junctions three and four and is the brainchild of Pyramid Business Park.
The stunt in Bathgate was set up "for a bit of fun" to "brighten things up".
Farmer Andrew Jack, who owns the 54-strong flock, spent hours spray painting the woolly mammals. They will be red for a month until sheared.
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