Thousands of sheep were filmed invading a Turkish city as the animal kingdom’s reclamation of planet earth during the coronavirus lockdown continues.
Footage posted to social media shows an enormous flock marching through the Black Sea coastal town of Samsun on the country’s northern border.
The video, posted to Twitter by Ragip Soylu, a reporter for Middle East Eye, shows the usually farmed animals making the most of the empty streets, with the odd sheep stopping to rest on grass.
The sheep are part of a growing number of emboldened animals taking to places people have left in their droves.
Sea eagles have been spotted slowly returning to the English skies after being driven to the brink of extinction nearly 240 years ago.
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While once extremely careful hedgehogs have even been heard throwing caution to the wind and indulging in ‘very noisy’ lovemaking, according to a wildlife expert.
The death toll from Covid-19 in Turkey climbed by a further 61 people on Sunday bringing the official total to 3,397 people.
At 126,045 Turkey has the highest number of cases outside Western Europe, the US and Russia.
Schools in the country will continue to remain on lockdown until at least the end of May. They were shut on March 12, one day after the first Covid-19 infection was confirmed.
Education minister Ziya Selcuk said remote schooling through television and the internet would continue until May 31.
The country now plans to introduce a tracker scheme for Brits who have proved they do not have the virus and who wish to be allowed into the country.
Turkey’s Government hopes to introduce a ‘normalisation phase’ in the coming weeks, its culture and tourism minister, Mehmet Nuri Esroy said.
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