Ewe found dead after ingesting helium balloon in Yorkshire

A North Yorkshire farmer is calling for a ban from councils on helium balloons after he found one of his in-lamb ewes dead.

Jim Mallender and his wife were checking the ewes near Skipton when they came across the dead ewe with helium balloons hanging from its mouth.

This was not the first time Jim had endured the consequences from these balloons.

He said: “We’ve always been picking up these helium balloons out of the fields. Eight-ten-years-ago we lost a cow.”

Following the incident Jim wishes for councils to consider banning the balloons, as some have done with sky lanterns.