Two dogs and a sheep have died after they plunged over cliffs.

Two dogs and a sheep have died after they plunged over cliffs.

A
Pointer and a Jack Russell thought to have been chasing the sheep at
Tinsey Head, near Dartmouth in South Devon, late yesterday morning
(7/3/10), as their owners took them for a walk.

The three animals ran over the edge of the cliff at speed and fell into the sea.

Brixham
Coastguard co-ordinated a rescue effort, with the Dartmouth inshore
lifeboat and the cliff rescue team trying to save the animals, but all
three drowned.

"The advice is to have dogs on a
lead,especially when there are sheep about", said a Maritime &
Coastguard Agency spokesman.

"The animals had very little chance of keeping their heads above water in very rough sea´s."

(courtesy of Western Morning News)

poor things :(

OMG those poor animals

Cant believe people would walk their dogs offlead near the cliff edge especially when there are sheep about