The rams were trapped in a ditch beside a stone wall in hills near Slemish Mountain Two sheep trapped in snow in Northern Ireland since the spring blizzard over three weeks ago have been found alive. They survived in an air pocket in a ditch covered in 6ft (1.8m) of snow. They spent 23 days without food in freezing conditions in the north Antrim hills. Farmer Sam Wallace said it was a "miracle" th
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