Reagan Crumpler used her roping skills to capture the sheep with some help from her 18-year-old horse, Catalena

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• Ohio teen Reagan Crumpler and her horse successfully captured a stubborn sheep that was on the run for 45 days
• The Whispering Acres Farm Animal Sanctuary created an event called “Catching the Wadsworth Sheep” to capture the sheep
• The 14-year-old used her roping skills to capture the sheep with some help from her 18-year-old horse, Catalena

A teen girl captured a stubborn sheep that was on the run for 45 days. 

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Rebecca Roxberry created a Facebook event called “Catching the Wadsworth Sheep” in hopes of getting the community involved in the Whispering Acres Farm Animal Sanctuary’s ongoing efforts to capture a loose American Blackbelly sheep. 

“We want her safe,” she wrote in the event. “We had a drone out today & chased her from across 94 back over by Crestwood & E Good where she has been comfortable.”

“Do not chase or scare her,” she added. “We are setting a live trap to trap her to finally get her some much needed vet care.”

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That same day, the Wadsworth Police Department shared photos of the sheep to Facebook and warned people not to “chase, approach or attempt to catch the goat/sheep that has been roaming our city.”

After more than a month of the sheep roaming around Ohio and constantly appearing and vanishing from sight, 14-year-old Reagan Crumpler put her roping skills to the test and successfully captured the animal. 

“After 45 days of hard work, patience, and teamwork, Whispering Acres Farm Animal Sanctuary, our volunteers, and an incredible community were finally able to catch this sheep and bring her to safety,” Roxberry wrote alongside photos of the rescue. “A HUGE thank-you to every single person who helped make this happen!”

According to the Akron Beacon Journal, Crumpler captured the sheep on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with some help from her 18-year-old horse, Catalena. 

“I felt like she knew what I was saying,” she recalled of her horse during the exciting chase. “She immediately kicked in the high gear, and we got right in front of it.”

“It made me feel really good, just knowing that the sheep was gonna go to somewhere that they would take care of it, and it would get the best life,” she continued. “And also just knowing that I could help out and just make a lot of people happy.”

Roxberry later told the outlet that everybody shed a few tears once the creature was brought to safety.

“I just didn’t want to see her get hurt,” she said. “I love animals, all animals, and I was like, ‘Oh, we gotta do something.’ ”

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