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Trailer full of sheep reportedly left in sweltering Otago sun for nearly an hour

January 15, 2018

A trailer carrying dozens of sheep has reportedly been left abandoned under the blazing summer sun in Otago today.

A photo posted to the Vegans of Aotearoa Facebook page shows the trailer sitting without a truck as temperatures hit 31 degrees.

The trailer full of sheep was left on the state highway near the town of Milton for up to an hour, an on-looker told 1 NEWS.

The on-looker said the truck belonged to Cook Transport.

The driver of the trailer containing the sheep has since arrived.

When 1 NEWS phoned Cook Transport about this today story today they had no comment to make.

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