Farmer gives up breeding business after dog owner receives £75 fine for livestock worrying attack

WARNING: This article contains images which you may find upsetting. "Our family has been broken by this. We simply cannot go on farming anymore"

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One of Liz Nutting's Ryeland sheep killed during a livestock worrying incident.
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One of Liz Nutting's Ryeland sheep killed during a livestock worrying incident.

A farmer in Wales said she can no longer keep on farming after going through a 'dreadful' livestock worrying incident which led to a dog owner receiving a 'menial' fine. Liz Nutting, of Lampeter in...

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