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  •   Home > News > National > Upper South Island

    Police have taken on an unusual rescue today - saving a stranded sheep from the mud flats in Nelson

    Police have taken on an unusual rescue today - saving a stranded sheep from the mud flats in Nelson


    The alarm was raised after 5pm, with reports of a sheep trapped in a ditch on Whakatu Drive.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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