Sheep spotted with plastic kid's toilet around its neck left behind by mountainside fly tippers
- 2 years ago
A sheep has been filmed with its head stuck inside a huge kid's car seat after fly-tippers dumped waste on the roadside nearby.
The poor animal was caught on video by Christopher Lee Thomas, 26, in Ebbw Vale, Wales.
Despite attempting to catch up with the animal on the mountainside, it and its flock quickly ran off leaving Christopher to alert its owner.
Reporting the incident to ClearWaste.com, a free fly tipping reporting service, he posted on Facebook that he 'wished he could have done more' for the animal.
Martin Montague, creator of the fly-tipping reporting app and website ClearWaste.com
said: "Fly-tipping is really bad for the environment and can be fatal to wildlife.
"Fly-tippers have no consciences. Seeing this poor sheep makes me really angry.
"At ClearWaste.com we’re campaigning put an end to the scourge of fly-tipping wherever it is.
"We need higher fines, the vehicles of offenders crushed or confiscated and prison terms for persistent fly-tippers.
"The fact that so many local authorities issue no fines or and prosecute no waste criminals at all is appalling and sends out the message that fly-tippers can operate in those areas with impunity."
The poor animal was caught on video by Christopher Lee Thomas, 26, in Ebbw Vale, Wales.
Despite attempting to catch up with the animal on the mountainside, it and its flock quickly ran off leaving Christopher to alert its owner.
Reporting the incident to ClearWaste.com, a free fly tipping reporting service, he posted on Facebook that he 'wished he could have done more' for the animal.
Martin Montague, creator of the fly-tipping reporting app and website ClearWaste.com
said: "Fly-tipping is really bad for the environment and can be fatal to wildlife.
"Fly-tippers have no consciences. Seeing this poor sheep makes me really angry.
"At ClearWaste.com we’re campaigning put an end to the scourge of fly-tipping wherever it is.
"We need higher fines, the vehicles of offenders crushed or confiscated and prison terms for persistent fly-tippers.
"The fact that so many local authorities issue no fines or and prosecute no waste criminals at all is appalling and sends out the message that fly-tippers can operate in those areas with impunity."