Examentrainers

Rural ram-raider alert

THE serenity of Great Asby, rural Cumbria, has been

shattered by that scourge of inner-city life, the uninvited

ram-raider. As the Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

notes, regulars at the Three Greyhounds were just settling

down for a pint and a game of pool one lunchtime last month

when a ram - an eight-year-old Swaledale tup on loan to

Asby Hall Farm - spotted its reflection in a window of the

village inn and went berserk.

Thinking it was a rival, the ram charged, shattered the

glass and landed in the pool room. Said licensee John

Hughes: "One person jumped on the table as the ram was

looking very angry." After much pleading the animal was

escorted from the premises; only to charge at another

reflection. "This time various people managed to get a car

in between the ram and the window before the animal could

give a repeat performance," said the paper.

The theory is that the tup was out "looking for lady

friends". "They do wander," commented farmer Alan

Brown. "But they don't usually knock windows out."

Wat was de oorzaak van het agressieve gedrag van de ram volgens het artikeltje?