Social media sites have been rammed¹ with confusion after police released blurred² images of victims of crime - who happened to be sheep.

 

英国警方公布了一组打了马赛克的犯罪受害者照片，大家在社交网站上纷纷表示疑惑不解，因为受害者居然是绵羊。
 

 

The lambs' identity was "protected due to their age and vulnerability", West Midlands Police said.

 

The woolly passengers were spotted³ after they were herded⁴ into the back of a car and driven around by suspected rustlers.

 

But the subsequent image circulated by the force turned out to be a joke.

 

Nic Barlow commented on Facebook: "I wondered why the picture looked a bit woolly."

 

Abbas Zen said: "It would be an animal rights issue if they didn't [blur the images]."

 

Other people were less amused by the force's sense of fun.

 

"Police show criminal sense of humour as they release pictures of stolen sheep with pixelated faces," tweeted Solene Deplanche.

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