Farmer heartbroken after fly-tipped garden clippings poison and kill nine heavily pregnant sheep

A farmer in North Wales has been left heartbroken after nine heavily pregnant ewes were poisoned by fly-tipped garden waste.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
clock • 1 min read
Farmer heartbroken after fly-tipped garden clippings poison and kill nine heavily pregnant sheep

A farmer in North Wales has been left ‘heartbroken' after nine heavily pregnant ewes were poisoned by fly-tipped garden waste. It is unclear when and where the incident took place. In a tweet, North...

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