livestock worrying

Farmers are encouraged to complete the survey, which can be found on the NSA website .The deadline for the survey is February 21 2025

Police said most of the sheep suffered significant bite marks to their throats, with two having drowned in a nearby canal

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

"We now have land where we can no longer graze livestock due to dog attacks"

"This is not just a threat to a farmer or land owner’s livelihood, it is also a dangerous situation for the animals involved, and could lead to more risks"

Is education the answer to solving livestock worrying? Or is there still a lack of respect shown from dog owners?

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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Police said Evie Watson had pleaded guilty to a livestock worrying offence at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on August 27. She was ordered to pay £750 despite the dogs causing £7,400 in damages