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Lucy Cockcroft said:

The chalk outline of the Cerne Abbas giant has become almost totally obscured from view by thick vegetation, because there is a shortage of sheep to keep the hillside trim.

Local farmers have traditionally lent their flocks to graze on the grass around the ancient fertility symbol, but for the past nine months it has been left to overgrow.

Now the famous 180ft Dorset landmark is in danger of disappearing altogether.

[via the telegraph]