4,000 ANIMALS IN BRITISH PRISONS
MORE than 1,000 sheep are being kept in British prisons, shock figures have revealed.
But the 1,374-strong flock of woolly lags are just part of a mind-boggling menagerie of creatures in the jail system.
Among the bizarre animal collection are hundreds of birds of prey, including a peregrine falcon.
The odd assortment also features donkeys, goats, horses, bulls, chinchillas, tortoises, budgies, lovebirds, quail and bearded dragon lizards.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said the creatures are kept for job training purposes and to help reduce self-harming.
The scale of the animal population in Britain’s jails was revealed in a freedom of information probe by the Daily Star Sunday.
In total, there are 4,309 animals and 147 different species within UK prisons – a critter for every 19 inmates.
Shock figures? If those figures revealed the amount of prisoners involved in sheep shagging now that would be a shock!
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