Two Soay sheep have been stolen from a farming charity near Peterborough.
The sheep, one of which was hand-raised, were taken overnight from Sacrewell Farm near Wansford between 6pm on Monday and 7am on Tuesday.
The farm is an agricultural education charity founded in 1964 to teach people about food and farming, but the Soay sheep on site were kept as pets.
Engagement Manager, Jack Pishhorn said: "Staff here are absolutely gutted. Solar and Luna were this year's lambs and Luna was rejected by her mother so was hand-reared by one of our rangers."
The thieves broke through the back gate, accessed from the A47, but staff at Sacrewell have no clue as to who they were.
Jack added: "Most of this year's lambs have gone to market already and the only ones left are pets, which we keep here for agricultural education purposes.
"We've stepped up our overnight security and increased the presence of our staff on site to deter any further attempts."
The Soay sheep is a breed of domestic sheep descended from a population of feral sheep on the 100-hectare (250-acre) island of Soay in the St Kilda Archipelago, about 40 miles from the Western Isles of Scotland. It is one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds.
