The sheep has been described as rather big, very quick and hard to catch.
HADDONFIELD -- There's no sign of Little Bo Peep, but someone has lost a sheep. And it's not a little lamb.
"We're told it's 150 pounds. He's a big boy... or girl," Borough Clerk Deanna Bennett said Friday.
The slippery sheep was reported missing from a pen in Cherry Hill earlier this week, and has been spotted running around in Haddonfield near the Cherry Hill line.
"He's extremely hard to catch," said Animal Control Officer Rob Chabot, who since Monday or Tuesday has been getting calls every time someone reports a sighting to Haddonfield police. Most have been in the area of Cooper River Park, he said.
"A lot of times when we get there, he's gone," Chabot said. Or, the sheep makes a run for it.
The borough warned residents in a post on its Facebook page not to try to catch the skittish farm animal as it may "take it baaadly."
On the post, several residents said it had been seen near the Beechwood School.
Chabot said the sheep's owner is looking for it too, but they have almost no chance of catching it in the park.
"The best case scenario is it wanders into a fenced-in yard," he said.
Until then, the sheep will likely be fine with grass to eat and water to drink in the park.
Chabot has been in animal control for about 10 years.
"Every year you get some chickens, maybe a goat, the rare horse here and there," he said. But trying to catch a sheep is a new challenge.
"That thing's quick," he said.
Anyone who spots the sheep is asked to call the Haddonfield Police Dept. at (856) 429-3000.
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