Rural crime

South Yorkshire Police said they have been following several lines of enquiry and are now appealing for further information about the incident

"It was carnage. The faces of the sheep were all savaged by a dog."

Loose dogs have savaged 18 calves in an attack which the farmer said was 'up there with one of the grimmest things I have ever seen'.

Reporter Chris Brayford discusses the impact livestock worrying can have on farmers and why respect from dog owners for the countryside is paramount to solving the problem in the future.

Police said the financial and emotional damage to the farmer would be felt for a 'long time'

Statistics from NFU Mutual revealed the cost of crime had cost the 10 counties nearly £20 million combined

Cheshire Police said it was the second incident of livestock worrying concerning the dog walker, and the third involving the dog (WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES)

NFU Mutual has released its annual crime report which found incidents had cost farm businesses £52.8m

The Department of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs said Fintona farmer Henry McCarney had caused 'extensive' pollution to a tributary of the Eskragh Water from a farm effluent spill

Officers said more than 35 lambs had been stolen from a farms in Perton and Heckington