A renegade seal had the cattle rustling at Taieri yesterday.
The New Zealand fur seal was spotted around lunchtime on a farm near Berwick in Otago.
"One of our workers gave me a call and said the cows were acting a bit funny, so I went to have a look and there was a seal sitting there," Taieri farmer Matt Kerr said yesterday.
"He barked at me a couple of times, but seemed fine apart from that."
The seal appeared to have travelled 15km inland along a contour channel to the farm, Mr Kerr said.