Farmer ditches trusty canine in favour of world's first sheepdog drone

Shep, the sheepdog drone, is a viral hit.

A farmer has shunned traditional methods of shepherding by replacing his trusty canine friend with Shep, the world’s first drone sheepdog.

Footage taken by Paul Brennan in Carlow, near Dublin, featuring the drone with a flock has gone viral but the National Farmers’ Union said it did not think the idea would take off.

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