CUMBRIA, ENGLAND — A farmer in northwest England has gone to extreme lengths to make sure his sheep will stand out from the crowd, by turning his entire flock orange.
Pip's Farm has 800 sheep in total, and they've been turning heads already, with tourists even coming to get a look at the unusual flock.
But there's a serious reason behind their new look.
He says more than 300 have been stolen in the last few years, but he's hoping that thieves will think twice now that his sheep are so easy to spot.
Farmer Pip Simpson says that there's a big problem with sheep getting stolen in the area.
"It's very luminous," says Simpson, "and it was a really bright color that nobody else had done, so it was just a case of trying to be different. We have got a massive problem with theft and over the last three years we've had onwards of three hundred pinched. So yeah we've had to try and stop that for a starter. I'm hoping that whoever is pinching them wouldn't be able to hide them, because they are luminous orange."
The spray paint lasts about 12 months, and doesn't hurt the sheep at all.