Luckily we don't have a problem with people stealing our sheep, but should this problem ever arise, a guy in England has figured out the solution: dye your sheep orange.
The guy, John Heard, has lost 200 sheep to theft, so he "put his 250 blackface ewes through a harmless dye to make them stand out and so less likely to be pinched." He hasn't had any sheep stolen since. Luckily the nontoxic dye wears off, otherwise he'd only be able to sell to knitters who want orange sweaters and socks.

Published on April 16, 2011 13:31