Take The Lead

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has urged all sheep farmers to complete its survey on sheep worrying by dogs to help support calls for legal and cultural changes.

Online news and media company LADbible has come under fire for sharing videos of ’naughty’ dogs chasing livestock.

A surge in pet ownership and countryside visitors brought by the Covid-19 pandemic has seen the cost of dog attacks on farm animals rise to £1.3 million, an increase of more than 10 per cent, NFU Mutual has said.

50 in-lamb ewes were smothered and suffocated to death in a horrific dog attack.

A sheep which was savaged by a dog has given birth to two healthy lambs.

A pregnant Highland heifer was mauled to death by a Rottweiler dog which had got loose without its owners’ knowledge.

Seven pregnant ewes were killed in a ‘distressing’ dog attack, prompting renewed calls for dogs to be kept on leads around livestock.

Dog owners have been reminded to keep their pets on a lead around livestock after a farmer was forced to shoot a cockapoo which was chasing his sheep.

Dog owners and walkers have been reminded by the RSPCA about the importance of keeping their pets under control after a farmer lost six sheep in recent dog attacks.  

Members of the public have been urged by police and farming unions to keep their dogs on leads as farmers continue to suffer the financial and emotional effects of livestock worrying.