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The Christmas sweater-wearing sheep who became the viral story of the day across the country Tuesday was back home with his family Tuesday night.

Margaret Vazquez retrieved her sheep, named Gage, at the Nebraska Humane Society about 6:30 p.m.

A friend of Vazquez’s daughter, who saw news of the sheep online, told Vazquez to call the shelter because they had found a sheep.

“I was so happy that we got him,” she said. “I was worried that someone would eat him or something bad would happen.”

Gage was found near 13th and Ogden Streets — only a block away from Vazquez’s home — in north Omaha and taken to the shelter about 7 p.m. Sunday.

Vazquez said she believes Gage escaped through a fence that was under construction. The family didn’t realize he was gone until Monday.