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Escaped llamas cause Red Cow chaos

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A herd of llamas and two goats caused chaos on the M50 this afternoon at the Red Cow roundabout.

The animals escaped from a circus and mader their way onto the motorway where they caused major traffic disruption, with up to 5km tailbacks reported.

They have since been rounded up and loaded into trucks and traffic in the area has returned to normal.

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