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Q&A Should you avoid handling lambs?

On a recent walk we ended up with a lamb following us. I picked it up and took it back to its mother. As I walked past someone else on the trail shouted that I shouldn't touch the lambs as "it ...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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#2: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2020-04-17T23:54:21Z (about 4 years ago)
Source: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/8207
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#1: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2020-04-17T23:54:21Z (about 4 years ago)
<p>On a recent walk we ended up with a lamb following us. I picked it up and took it back to its mother. </p>

<p>As I walked past someone else on the trail shouted that I shouldn't 
 touch the lambs as "it will follow you now".</p>

<p>I didn't think it was a problem as I'd picked up lambs in farms (with the farmers permission) before. </p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5vPgg.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>So should I have handled the lamb? Should I have actually just ignored it? </p>

<p>Will picking up the lamb do <strong>it</strong> any harm?</p>