Ben Frankland's ewe delivers seven lambs near world record
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Updated · BBC.com · May 8
Ben Frankland's ewe delivers seven lambs near world record
5 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 8
The 23-year-old farmer in Newby near Stokesley, North Yorkshire, said all seven lambs were born healthy last week.
Frankland first found three lambs, then discovered four more; five are being bottle-fed while two remain with their exhausted mother, who is recovering.
The National Sheep Association called the birth incredibly rare. Guinness lists eight as the record, matched by a Scottish ewe in 2021 after earlier cases in New Zealand and Sweden.
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