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Summary John Heard took desperate measures to stop raids that were decimating his flocks.
And his solution to the problem has created an eye-catching sensation on his farm after he turned his sheep orange.The 48-year-old has put his flock of 250 blackface ewes through a harmless dip of orange dye.Heard, who runs his livestock farm near Okehampton, Devon had lost 200 sheep over the past few years but says the orange dye is working wonders.Sheep rustling has become a big problem as each ewe cost him 140 pounds. My flock roams Dartmoor and I was getting mighty fed-up with losing so many.My son James suggested the orange dye and although it produces some strange looking sheep it has done the trick and I havent lost one this year.It works because they are so easy to distinguish making it easier for me and my neighbours to keep a wary eye out for them. Plus the rustlers are obviously nervous about stealing such easily distinguished animals.
