They should name it Forrest (if a male), because it was a thrilling run

Runaway sheep apparently bound for slaughter is spared

A sheep apparently bound for slaughter darted around noon through an open bay door at Nortown Collision & Glass Co. Workers corralled the animal and fed it before turning it over to the city's animal control department.

"All of a sudden I'm looking out, and a big sheep is running through the door," said Nortown Collision owner Eugene Oleszko. "He's running in between the cars and knocking things over."

Detroit Police Sgt. Michael Woody said the roughly 4-foot long, 3-foot tall sheep with a numbered tag in its ear and a purple paint stripe down its back, was seen running on Eight Mile Road before it entered the shop.

"It did have the tagging and branding that would suggest that the animal is properly licensed and sold to a butcher or slaughterhouse," he said.

Authorities have not determined who owned the sheep, Woody said.

The animal will not be slaughtered. It is to be adopted by SASHA Farm Animal Sanctuary in Manchester, Mich., according to the Michigan Humane Society, which took the animal after it was captured at the collision shop.

My best wishes to the sheep. May it live a long life far away from the slaughterhouse. :)