OXFORD, England, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A pair of kayakers traversing the River Thames near Oxford, England, captured video of the unusual rescue of a drowning sheep.

The video, recorded Sunday by one of the kayakers' helmet-mounted cameras, shows the two paddlers approach the sheep as it is struggling to keep its head above the muddy water among some thick reeds.


The video shows the kayakers tow the shivering sheep to shore and help it reach a sunny spot to dry off and warm itself.

''There was no farmer or farmhouse in sight and nothing else we could do other than leave it in the sun to dry out and hopefully recover,'' the uploader wrote online.