Police had to use their animal rescue skills after seeing sheep "running amok" in a town.
On North Road in Baldock early on Sunday, officers had to round up the animals.
Usually out catching criminals, the team flocked to the area to herd the sheep safely out of the carriageway, Hertfordshire Police wrote in a pun-filled Facebook post. ".
Although there are few specifics regarding how the sheep got away, they were all safely captured.
In their report, the police stated: "We bleated at them to stay out of the road, but they thought we were a bit woolly and decided to go on the lamb [sic] instead.
Fortunately, they didn't try to run us off the road; otherwise, baaas would be behind them. ".
The police reported that the fugitives were safely returned to their owner.
