Police Officers in North Yorkshire got a bit of a shock when they pulled over a car with bald tyres when they discovered a sheep in the boot.

Officers from the Road Policing Unit tweeted @NYorksRPG: Ewe have got to be kidding!!! Officers have just stopped this car which has 2 bald tyres and a sheep in the boot.

Ewe have got to be kidding!!! Officers have just stopped this car which has 2 bald tyres and a sheep in the boot pic.twitter.com/J7yM7wsDaS

— NorthYorksPolice RPG (@NYorksRPG) August 5, 2015

Police spotted a sheep on the back seat of the Peugeot 206, When stopped and asked why they had a sheep on the back seat they simply replied they had taken it to ‘McDonalds’ for a takeaway.

No it’s not a April fools, Officers encountered the sheep on Wednesday night, Officers Chris Marlow and Emma Bainbridge were alerted by a member of the public who had spotted the car at leeming Bar Services.

The sheep was from the drivers farm, he was given a ticket for the tyres and allowed to go on his way.

Officers decided the sheep was not classed as an insecure load as the incident was similar to carrying a dog in the car.